STOCKS FALL, OIL CRASHES BELOW $40 PER BARREL: Here's what you need to know

Reuters

Stocks tanked on Wednesday, taking the Dow back into negative territory for 2015, and crude oil slumped below $40 per barrel again.

Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen threw her support behind an interest rate hike later this month.

First, the scoreboard:

Dow: 17,742.07, -146.28, (-0.82%)S&P 500: 2,081.57, -21.06, (-1.00%)Nasdaq: 5,129.61, -26.69, (-0.52%)

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