What Happened in the Stock Market Today

Major benchmarks were mixed on Wednesday after the U.S. Department of Justice unveiled a broad antitrust review of the business practices of unnamed "leading online platforms" in the internet search, social media, and retail services segments. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) lost about 0.3%, while the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) notched a record high.

Data source: Yahoo! Finance.

As for individual stocks, disparate quarterly earnings reports left shares of Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) and Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) moving in directions.

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