How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Wednesday Aug. 17, 2022

How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Wednesday Aug. 17, 2022
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The Associated Press
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Stocks closed lower on Wall Street, led by drops in big technology companies and erasing the S&P 500′s gains for the week.

The S&P 500 fell 0.7 percent Wednesday, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq also fell. Small-company stocks fell more than the rest of the market.