Wall Street tilts lower despite strong data

Most of the US stock indices fell on Wednesday - except Dow Jones, which hit new records - despite the release of strong economic data.

The minutes of the Federal Reserve's last meeting will be revealed later today, after the Fed decided last month to accelerate the pace of reducing its $30 billion/month asset purchase program.

ADB data showed today that the US private sector has added 807K new jobs in December, beating forecasts of 375K. 

The US jobs report will be released on Friday, which shows the state of the labor market and unemployment.

As for stocks, Dow Jones rose 0.1% or 47 points to 36,846 as of 15:18 GMT, and S&P 500 fell 0.1% or 5 points to 4,788, while Nasdaq fell 0.6% or 104 points to 15,518.