U.S. stocks quickly turned negative in early Thursday trade after briefly opening in positive territory. Pressure from energy and consumer sectors weighed on the main indexes, sending the main indexes lower. The Dow Jones Industrial Average . was off nearly 65 points, or 0.4%, to 17,474.17. Shares of Walt Disney Company , down 2.5%, weighed on the blue-chip index for a second day. The S&P 500 was 5 points lower, or 0.2%, at 2,094, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index shed 15 points, or 0.3%, to 5,124.79.
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