NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks closed down for a second straight session on Wednesday as Libya's violence sent oil prices briefly to $100 a barrel and tech shares sank, adding credence to calls for a market correction.
Based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> was down 106.56 points, or 0.87 percent, to end unofficially at 12,106.23. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> was down 7.93 points, or 0.60 percent, at 1,307.51. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> was down 33.43 points, or 1.21 percent, at 2,722.99.
(Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch)