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Stocks, Oil Battered Again; Apple Slumps; CES Chatter Lifts Netflix

Stocks were firmly lower in late-afternoon trading Wednesday, this time spooked by claims by North Korea that the country detonated its first hydrogen bomb. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 1.4%, the S&P 500 gave up 1.3% and the Nasdaq fell 1.1%. Volume on the NYSE and Nasdaq was tracking slightly higher than Tuesday’s levels in the stock market today. Dow component Apple (AAPL) was under pressure again despite news that its App store did $20

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Source : Investors.com