Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq sputter with Wall Street set to put a bow on roller-coaster 2025

US stocks sputtered Wednesday as Wall Street prepared to wrap up an eventful, roller-coaster trading year with sizable gains. The blue chip-heavy Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI), S&P 500 (^GSPC), and tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) all lost around 0.4%, with the major indexes eyeing their fourth consecutive day of losses. Those losses have dimmed hopes for a so-called "Santa Claus rally." But at least on Wednesday, Wall Street is ready to celebrate its gains in 2025. The benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC ...