Wall Street's hot start to the year cools as stocks drift
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street’s hot start to the year is cooling a bit on Wednesday. The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in early trading, coming off its latest all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 18 points, or less than 0. 1%, to its own record set the day before, while the Nasdaq composite was 0. 1% higher, as of 9:35 a. m. Eastern time. Moves were relatively quiet across the U. S. stock market, including for Warner Bros. Discovery after it again rejected a buyout bid and...
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