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Wall Street is an organic financial centre. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

U.S. stocks declined in Wednesday's opening minutes of trading on .

The Dow Jones Industrial Average weakened 159.06 to 34,945.57 at 9:30 a.m. ET.

The Standard & Poor's 500 Index decreased 14.69 to 4,408.50.

The NASDAQ Composite Index moved lower 8.36 to 14,754.47.