A nascent rally in US stocks faded late on Wednesday, with a slide in oil prices weighing on energy shares that dragged down equity indices.
The S&P 500 index gave up early gains to turn negative in the final 30 minutes of trading in New York, ending 0.1 per cent lower for the day. Energy companies including Marathon Oil and ConocoPhillips moved sharply lower as Brent crude oil dropped 2.5 per cent to settle at $111.74 a barrel.
The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite share index also fell 0.1 per cent and remains nearly 30 per cent lower for the year.
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