FILE - This Oct. 2, 2014 file photo shows the Wall Street entrance of the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. U.S. stocks opened lower Wednesday, April 29, 2015, as the economy skidded to a near halt in the first three months of the year after being battered by harsh weather, plunging exports and sharp cutbacks in oil and gas drilling. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) (The Associated Press)
NEW YORK – Stocks are moving mostly lower at midday as traders reacted to weak U.S. economic growth and some disappointing earnings.
The economy skidded nearly to a halt in the first three months of the year, the government reported early Wednesday, after being battered by harsh weather, plunging exports and sharp cutbacks in oil and gas drilling.
Garmin and Buffalo Wild Wings were among the stocks that fell after reporting disappointing earnings.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 67 points, or 0.4 percent, to 18,041 as of 11:55 a.m. Eastern time.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell eight points, or 0.4 percent, to 2,106. The Nasdaq composite fell 27 points, or 0.5 percent, to 5,028.
Bond prices fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 2.06 percent.
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