NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks briefly added to losses on Wednesday following a Federal Reserve statement that pointed to weakness in the labor market and economy in a sign that the central bank is struggling to proceed with plans to raise interest rates this year.
At 2:15 p.m., the Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 83.95 points, or 0.46 percent, to 18,026.19, the S&P 500 <.SPX> lost 10.39 points, or 0.49 percent, to 2,104.37 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> dropped 37.13 points, or 0.73 percent, to 5,018.29.
(Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by Nick Zieminski)
