How major US stock indexes fared on Wednesday

U.S. stocks mostly slipped away from their record highs Wednesday as the two former halves of Hewlett-Packard both tumbled, while falling interest rates helped phone companies but hurt banks.

On Wednesday:

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 1.95 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 2,597.08.

The Dow Jones industrial average declined 64.65 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 23,526.18.

The Nasdaq composite gained 4.88 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 6,867.36.

The Russell 2000 index of smaller-company stocks shed 2.13 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 1,516.76.

For the week:

The S&P 500 is up 18.23 points, or 0.7 per cent.

The Dow is up 167.94 points, or 0.7 per cent.

The Nasdaq is up 84.57 points, or 1.2 per cent.

The Russell 2000 is up 23.94 points, or 1.6 per cent.

For the year:

The S&P 500 is up 358.25 points, or 16 per cent.

The Dow is up 3,763.58 points, or 19 per cent.

The Nasdaq is up 1,484.24 points, or 27.6 per cent.

The Russell 2000 is up 159.63 points, or 11.8 per cent.