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The Dow dipped while the S&P 500 edged up on Wednesday as a sharp drop in durable goods orders last month added to worries about slower U.S. economic activity and Apple's results disappointed investors. **BOEING CO, $91.15, up 3.3 pct. **APPLE INC, $401.20, down 1 pct.
*JP Morgan, Wells Fargo shares fall after results. *Home Depot rallies on upgrade, limits losses in the Dow. Shares pared losses in the final hour of trading, with the Dow helped by a rally in Home Depot.
*JP Morgan, Wells Fargo shares fall after results. "We're due for choppiness given the run we've had, especially since the strong data we've seen recently looks increasingly misleading," said Hank Herrmann, chief executive of Waddell& Reed Financial Inc in Overland Park, Kansas.
*Housing shares drop after Toll Bros results. NEW YORK, Feb 20- U.S. stocks fell the most in three months and a key gauge of market volatility spiked on Wednesday after minutes from the U.S. When it says we may end it faster, that just raises the uncertainty, and the market hates that, "said Todd Schoenberger, managing partner at LandColt Capital in New York.
*Housing shares drop after Toll Bros results. *Office Depot and OfficeMax confirm merger, Staples slumps. When it says we may end it faster, that just raises the uncertainty and the market hates that, "said Todd Schoenberger, managing partner at Landcolt Capital in New York.
*Housing shares drop after Toll Bros results. *Office Depot and OfficeMax confirm merger, Staples slumps. *Boeing rallies after Reuters report on battery issue.
*Office Depot, OfficeMax confirm merger. NEW YORK, Feb 20- U.S. stocks dipped on Wednesday, with energy shares falling as investors found few reasons to buy following a rally that has held major indexes near five-year highs for three weeks. Certainly it sparks concern, "said Michael James, senior trader at Wedbush Morgan in Los Angeles.