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Urgent: U.S. stocks retreat on Yellen's speech

Xinhua, December 3, 2015 Adjust font size:

U.S. stocks declined on Wednesday, as Wall Street digested comments from U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen.

The Dow fell nearly 0.9 percent, and the S&P 500 dipped 1.1 percent, while the Nasdaq lost 0.6 percent. Endit