Stock market today: Nasdaq sinks, leading Dow, S&P 500 lower as Oracle shares plummet
Yahoo Finance·2025-12-16 23:51

US stocks fell on Wednesday as investors weighed what the latest data and Federal Reserve comments mean for interest rate cuts, with tech stocks under pressure as Oracle (ORCL) stock slid. The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) sank over 1%, while the S&P 500 (^GSPC) fell around 0.8%, with both backing off slight opening gains as tech weakness returned. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) lost 0.3%, after US stocks finished mixed in Tuesday's session.  After weeks in a data vacuum, Wall Street is trying to fi ...