A selloff in speculative parts of the stock market turned into a broad market slide on Wednesday. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.9%. The S&P 500 fell 0.6%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 334 points, or 0.7%. All three indexes pared some losses from their lows of the day.

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Wall Street just can’t stay away from riskier stocks. After sliding on Wednesday, the Nasdaq Composite was back up 0.8%. The S&P 500 was up 0.5%. The Dow was up 83 points, or 0.2%.

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