U.S. stocks closed mixed Wednesday as a post-U.S. election rally slowed down and investors parsed through a host of economic data The dollar traded higher against a basket of currencies. Light sweet crude oil for December delivery dropped 11 cents to $45.46 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while gold futures fell 10 cents to $1,224.40 per ounce The Dow Jones industrial average lost 60.71, or 0.32 percent, to 18,862.35. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index declined 4.24, or 0.19 percent, to 2,176.32. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index added 19.11, or 0.37 percent, to 5,295.02.