2015-09-09T133355Z_2_LYNXNPEB880LV_RTROPTP_3_MARKETS-STOCKS
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid/Reuters

U.S. stocks declined in Thursday's trading on Wall Street.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average weakened 176.70 to 36,113.62.

The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped 67.32 to 4,659.03.

The NASDAQ Composite Index fell 381.58 to 14,806.81.