U.S. stocks closed mixed Wednesday. In U.S. economic news, the government's budget deficit widened slightly in January, fueled in part by higher spending on government health care services for low-income Americans, according to the Treasury Department. The dollar traded higher against major world currencies. Light sweet crude oil for March delivery dropped 2.4 percent to $48.84 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while gold futures declined roughly 1 percent to $1,219.60 an ounce. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 6.62, or 0.04 percent, to 17,862.14. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index lost 0.06, or 0 percent, to 2,068.53. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index added 13.54, or 0.28 percent, to 4,801.18.