Stocks turn to the downside as the markets move toward the close

Back to back declines in the stocks

The US stocks are moving lower as the market moves toward the close. There have not been back-to-back declines in the indices in a little over 2 weeks. The Dow and S&P did both close higher for 5 consecutive days and also traded to new record highs on each of those days.

A snapshot of the market currently shows:

• Dow down -227 points or -0.64% at 35113
• S&P -27.4 points or -0.62% at 4420.60
• Nasdaq down 55 points or -0.37% 14601

All the indices are near session lows.