It was a mixed day for the stock exchanges in New York Wednesday. NYSE fell, while the Nasdaq rose.
The answer shows that the Dow Jones fell 99.64 points (0.62 percent) to 15,914.74, after having been as high as 16,201.89 earlier in the day. Walt Disney led the way after having released figures after the close of trading on Tuesday.
The broader S & amp; P 500 index ended down modest 0.02 percent to 1,851.86.
Technology Heavy Nasdaq rose however 0.35 percent to 4,283.59.
today went Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen on the rostrum in the House Financial Services Committee in Congress.
There she expressed expectations of gradual rate hikes while she made it clear that persistent market turmoil may make the central bank to step away from the many interest rate hikes the Fed has previously signaled for 2016.
– Financial situation of the United States does not support as much up for growth, said Yellen .
Amazon
Amazon stock rises 1.7 percent after trading after the company announced a share buyback program of five billion dollars.
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