How major US stock indexes fared on Wednesday

It was another shaky day on Wall Street as indexes rallied in the morning, bobbed up and down for much of the day, then sank in the last few minutes of trading. Energy companies dropped along with oil prices and technology companies also declined.

On Wednesday:

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index skidded 13.48 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 2,681.66.

The Dow Jones industrial average shed 19.42 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 24,893.35.

The Nasdaq composite tumbled 63.90 points, or 0.9 per cent, to 7,051.98.

The Russell 2000 index of smaller-company stocks rose 0.80 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 1,507.97.

For the week:

The S&P 500 is down 80.47 points, or 2.9 per cent.

The Dow is down 627.61 points, or 2.5 per cent.

The Nasdaq is down 188.96 points, or 2.6 per cent.

The Russell 2000 is down 39.30 points, or 2.5 per cent.

For the year:

The S&P 500 is up 8.05 points, or 0.3 per cent.

The Dow is up 174.13 points, or 0.7 per cent.

The Nasdaq is up 148.59 points, or 2.2 per cent.

The Russell 2000 is down 27.54 points, or 1.8 per cent.