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U.S. stocks are slipping after the S&P 500's biggest one-day gain in two months.

Sentiment continues to waver amid corporate results and fluctuations in oil prices.

We check the markets every 15 minutes

throughout the trading day on Bloomberg.

S&P 500 down 3 tens percent or six points to 2077.

Now Jones industrial average down 410% or 78.

78.849.

Vasdax down 3 10% percent or 13 points to 4, 7.00

10 year Treasury up 1.32nd, the yield 1.75 percent, yield on the 2-year 0.73 percent.

9X crude oil down 410 percent or 19 cents to 4447 a barrel.

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