Declining issues outnumbered advancers by about 7 to 3 on the New York Stock Exchange, where consolidated volume amounted to 4.41 billion shares, up from 3.74 billion on Tuesday.
In overseas trade, Tokyo's Nikkei closed down 1.65 percent. In Europe, London's FTSE rose 0.10 percent, Frankfurt's DAX declined 1.09 percent and Paris' CAC 40 fell 0.54 percent.
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