US stocks closed lower on Wednesday as rising oil prices, climbing Treasury yields, and renewed tensions in the Middle East weighed on investor sentiment, ending the S&P 500's nine-session winning streak.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 620.72 points, or 1.21%, to 50,687.07.
The S&P 500 declined 0.74% to 7,553.68, while the Nasdaq Composite lost 0.8...