Global stocks mostly lower. Investors await Yellen's speech for fresh clues on the Fed’s plan to raise rates

Stocks pared morning losses, but still ended moderately lower ahead of Yellen's speech:

U.S. stocks dropped but pared their steepest intraday declines, as worries over slowing global growth lingered.

Dollardips before Yellenspeech-Thursday's markets news so far

Dow futures were briefly down more than 150 points, while S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures also traded lower.

Treasury yields held lower, with the 2-year yield at 0.68 percent and the 10-year yield at 2.10 percent.
The U.S. dollar traded lower against major world currencies, with the euro at $1.125 and the yen at 119.4 yen against the greenback.

Stocks remain stuck in low gear following a late-August selloff, and last week’s decision by the Federal Reserve to keep rates near zero affirmed investors’ fears that growth had hit a rough patch.

The S&P 500 lost 6.52, or 0.3%, to 1932.24, while the Nasdaq Composite shed 18.27, or 0.4%, to 4734.48.

Bond prices rose, sending the yield on the 10-year Treasury note falling to 2.125% from 2.144% Wednesday.

U.S. stocks have generated wide swings in recent sessions since a late-August slide sent major indexes into “correction” territory, which is marked by a decline of 10% or more from a recent peak.

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