NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday, with the Dow and S&P 500 easing back from recent record highs, as small caps resumed their sell-off and consumer discretionary shares lagged.
Based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 101.53 points or 0.61 percent, to 16,613.91, the S&P 500 <.SPX> lost 8.94 points or 0.47 percent, to 1,888.51 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> dropped 29.54 points or 0.72 percent, to 4,100.63.
(Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by James Dalgleish)
