Stocks Ended Lower as Energy, Retailers Weighed

U.S. stocks finished lower on Wednesday as investors sold oil companies and dumped brick-and-mortar retailers after a disappointing full-year forecast from Macy’s. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 56.99 points, or 0.32%, to 17,702.22, the S&P 500 lost 6.72 points, or 0.32%, to 2,075.00. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 16.22 points, or 0.32%, to 5,067.02.

IAC/InterActiveCorp. (IACI) has offered to buy consumer-reviews website Angie’s List Inc. (ANGI) for more than $500 million in cash or stock, IAC announced Wednesday afternoon.

Facebook Inc (FB.O) said requests for account data from governments globally jumped 18 percent in the first half of 2015. Government requests for account data increased to 41,214, with a bulk of those requests coming from U.S law enforcement agencies.

Crude-oil prices tumbled Wednesday, closing sharply lower on the heels of weekly crude-oil supply data late Tuesday that surprised investors, sparking fresh worries about growing U.S. crude stockpiles.On the New York Mercantile Exchange, December West Texas Intermediate crude shed $1.28, or 2.9%, to settle at $42.93 a barrel.