Futures Fall After Shanghai Slide

Stocks declined on Wednesday following more mixed earnings news and economic data and a selloff in China. Shortly after the opening bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was lower by about 65 points. The S&P 500-stock index was down 0.9%, while the Nasdaq Composite Index slipped 0.8%. Worry about an anemic economy and diminished profits weighed on the shares of metals and mining and oil companies . The basic-materials sector of the S&P 500 was down 2.5%, while the energy sector d

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