NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks pulled back from their record on Wednesday.
The S&P 500 slipped 0.2%, a day after topping its prior all-time high set in August. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 341 points, or 0.7%, while the Nasdaq composite fell 0.2% from its own record.
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