Yesterday, the Dow was down 29.58 points (0.14%) at 20,924.76, the NASDAQ lost 15.25 points (0.26%) to finish at 5,833.93, and the S&P 500 dropped 6.92 points (0.29%) to 2,368.39. The Russell 2000 lost 9.55 points (0.69%) to 1,374.69, and the Wilshire 5000 closed 89.58 points (0.36%) lower at 24,638.00.

On the NYSE, 3.5 billion shares traded, with 2.3 declining issues for every 1 advancing issue. On the NASDAQ, 2.8 billion shares changed hands, with a 2 to 1 ratio of decliners to advancers.

The price of the 10-year Treasury note decreased 4/32, bringing its yield up to 2.514%. The price of the 30-year Treasury bond fell 8/32, increasing its yield to 3.118%.

ON THIS DATE: In 1853, the first bronze statue of Andrew Jackson was unveiled in Washington, D.C. In 1880, U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes declared that the United States would have jurisdiction over any canal built across the isthmus of Panama. In 1894, a dog license law was enacted in the state of New York. It was the first animal control law in the U.S. In 1945, Phyllis Mae Daley received a commission in the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps. She later became the first African-American nurse to serve in World War II. In 1948, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that religious instruction in public schools was unconstitutional. In 1965, the U.S. landed about 3,500 Marines in South Vietnam. They were the first U.S. combat troops to land in Vietnam. In 1999, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Timothy McVeigh for the bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City in 1995.

WEDNESDAY WISDOM: “Either you run the day or the day runs you.” -Jim Rohn