Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq retreat as tech leads market lower, banks slide after earnings

Oil prices flipped dramatically to the downside Wednesday afternoon after President Trump said he had been assured that killings of protesters by the Iranian regime had stopped. "We’ve been told that the killing in Iran is stopping — it’s stopped," Trump said to reporters during a gaggle at the White House, according to Bloomberg. “And there’s no plan for executions or an execution.” Prices on Brent crude (BZ=F), the international benchmark, had picked up more than 2% throughout Wednesday's session to tr ...