Wednesday, the Dow sagged 171.69 points (0.50%) to close at 33,980.32, the Nasdaq fell 164.43 points (1.25%) to 12,938.12 and the S&P 500 lost 31.16 points (0.72%) to close at 4,274.04. The Russell 2000 slipped 33.22 points (1.64%) to 1,987.31 and the Wilshire 5000 was down 403.84 points (0.94%) to 42,704.82.

The price of the 10-year Treasury note decreased 30/32 bringing the yield up to 2.903%. The price of the 30-year Treasury bond decreased 1 1/32 bringing the yield down to 3.152%.