The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) fell as much as 677.4 points, or 1.5 per cent, to 43,950.2, while the S&P 500 dropped 59.6 points, or 1.0 per cent, to 6,084.6 and the technology stocks-heavy Nasdaq Composite tumbled to as low as 19,

Wall Street is retreating from its record after a slide for Walmart weighed on U.S. stock indexes Thursday. The S&P 500 was down 0.7% in afternoon trading after setting all-time highs in each of the last two days.

The S&P 500 was adding 0.3% to the all-time high it set the day before. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was virtually unchanged, with an hour of trading remaining, and the Nasdaq

Major U.S. averages slipped Tuesday afternoon, as investors kicked off the holiday-shortened trading week with attention on geopolitics, and an eye on the market circling record highs. The benchmark S&P 500 (SP500) shed -0.