U.S. stocks close slighly...

4:30 pm ET Dec 20, 2006

DJIA

12,463

-7.45

S&P

1,423

-2.02

NASDAQ

2,427

-1.94

10Yr

4.60%

-0.004

U.S. stocks close slighly lower after natural gas sell-off

U.S. stocks pared earlier gains to close lower on Wednesday, as a
sell-off in natural gas weighed on the energy sector and reversed the
early positive momentum from a flurry of merger news.