Stocks turned lower midday as technology and financial shares declined. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 172 points, or 0.7%, to 25,007. The S&P 500 declined 0.6%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.9%. Tech stocks in the S&P 500 fell by 1%, led by a 4.8% drop in shares of Qualcomm after President Donald Trump on Monday blocked Broadcom's $117 billion hostile takeover bid on national security grounds.
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