The Dow Jones Industrial Average was retreating from record territory on Thursday morning, weighed by a sharp fall in shares of Apple. Apple Inc. shares were down 2%, or $3.12, cutting about 20 points from the price-weighted Dow and threatening to lead blue-chip laggards for a second straight session. On Wednesday, shares of the Cupertino, Calif-based iPhone maker skidded on reports that the tech giant was experiencing connectivity problems with the latest iteration of its iWatch. The Dow was off 30 points, or 0.1%, at 22,382, after briefly touching an all-time high at 22,419.51. The S&P 500 index , meanwhile, was down 8 points, or 0.3%, at 2,500, while the technology-laden Nasdaq Composite Index was off 45 points, or 0.7%, at 6,410.
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