By Ovunc Kutlu
ISTANBUL (AA) - US stocks closed mixed Wednesday with trading flat since the opening bell.
The blue-chip Dow was down 79 points, or 0.23%, to 33,898 at the final bell. The S&P 500 shed less than one point, or 0.01%, to 4,154.
The teach-heavy Nasdaq, meanwhile, added 3.8 points, or 0.03%, to finish the session at 12,157.
The VIX volatility index, also known as the fear index, fell 2.2% to 16.46. Meanwhile, the 10-year US Treasury yield rose 0.6% to 3.595%.
The dollar index rose 0.2% to 101.97, while the euro shed 0.2% to $1.0952 against the greenback.
Precious metals were mixed, with the price of gold losing 0.5% to $1,994 per ounce and silver up 0.4% to $25.28.
Oil prices plummeted more than 2% with global benchmark Brent crude at $83.02 per barrel and US benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude sitting at $79.13.