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.