US Stocks: Dow Falls as S&P 500, Intel Slide

[ad_1] The Dow and the S&P 500 indexes slid in choppy trading on Wednesday, after a bearish brokerage report dented Intel shares, while the Nasdaq gained gains in Tesla and Apple. Eight of the 11 major S&P sectors were lower, with industry, real estate and consumer staples down between 0.7% and 0.9%, respectively.Intel fell 3.8% and was the biggest drag on blue-chip and benchmark indexes after analysts at Citi Research cautioned that the chipmaker could pre-declare weaker-than-expected earnings for the second quarter. Altria, which was also a major pressure on…