Stock Market Today: Dow Slides 550 Points But These Tech Stocks Deflect The Decline (Live Coverage) Stock Market Today: Dow Slides 550 Points But These Tech Stocks Deflect The Decline (Live Coverage) · Investor's Business Daily SCOTT LEHTONEN and DAVID SAITO-CHUNG Wed, October 7, 2026 at 11:49 AM EDT 5 min read ^DJI -0.75% WDC -1.35% CL=F -0.51% BTC-USD -2.34% ^RUT -1.41% Trade WDC on Coinbase Trading disclosure Trading disclosure The above button links to Coinbase. Yahoo Finance is not a broker-dealer or investment adviser and does not offer securities or cryptocurrencies for sale or facilitate trading. Coinbase pays us for certain activity generated through this link. Prices displayed are informational.
The Dow Jones index drops 500 points Wednesday as Treasury yields jump. The Fed minutes are due later in the day.
