AlHijjah 29, 1435, October 23, 2014, SPA -- U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday, bringing a halt to the Standard & Poor's 500 index's largest gains in a year. In U.S. economic news, the government reported a rise in U.S. inventories and consumer prices, while energy prices declined. The U.S. dollar gained against major world currencies. Light sweet crude oil for December delivery fell $1.97 to $80.52 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while gold fell $6.20 to $1,245.50 an ounce. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 153.49, or 0.92 percent, to 16,461.32. The broader S&P 500 index fell 14.17, or 0.73 percent, to 1,927.11. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index fell 36.63, or 0.83 percent, to 4,382.85.
