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US stocks fall after yesterday's strong gains
US stocks fell on Wednesday, as the market absorbed yesterday's record gains.
This came amid global markets anticipation for the Congress vote on the $2 trillion economic stimulus bill, which is aimed at providing support for US companies and families to ease the coronavirus impact.
Wall Street drew support from signs on a deal between the White House and US Senators on the package.
Data showed today that the US durable goods orders rose 1.2% during February.
The US stocks yesterday scored large gains, as Dow Jones jumped more than 11% to post it largest daily gains since the 1933 Great Depression.
As for stocks, Dow Jones slipped 0.4% or 78 points to 20,627 as of 14:11 GMT, Nasdaq fell 1.6% or 123 points to 7,295, and S&P 500 dipped 1.2% or 29 points to 2,416.
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