Us Stock Market Indexes Drift Mostly Lower

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Photo: Mark Lennihan, AP Gregory Rowe, center, places orders for stock with Anthony Rinaldi,...  Page 1 of 1 NEW YORK (AP)  Major U.S. stock indexes are ending mostly lower as a four-day rally peters out. The market started the day higher Wednesday, then moved between small gains and losses in midday and afternoon trading. By the close of trading the Dow Jones industrial average was down 30 points, or 0.2 percent, at 15,963. It had been up as much as 42 points. The Standard & Poor's 500 index edged down half a point to 1,819.





   







   Gregory Rowe, center, places orders for stock with Anthony Rinaldi, right, at the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. U.S. stocks are edging higher in early trading as the market extends its longest winning streak of the year. Photo: Mark Lennihan, AP / AP

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