Dow Jones found itself under pressure after an unsuccessful attempt to settle above the 45,000 level.

U.S. equity indexes turned mostly lower in afternoon trade, with energy stocks weighing on the S&P 500. The Dow was off about 240 points, or 0.5%, near 44,636, off the session's low of 44,545.27, ...

The Dow Jones rose on Thursday while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq built more support at the 50-day moving average in the stock ...

Stocks were headed lower heading into the close. The Dow was falling 300 points or around 0.6%. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were down 0.1% each. The latter two indexes were up for most of the day.