market activity: The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.16% rose 30.06 points, or 0.2%, to close at 18,199.33, according to Market Watch. Wednesday trading was the latest session in which overall market activity, at least in terms of swings for the major indexes, was extremely quiet. The S&P 500 SPX, -0.30% slipped 3.73 points, or 0.2%, to end at 2,139.43, while the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -0.65% which is heavily weighted toward technology names, fell 33.13 points, or 0.6%, to finish at 5,250.27. See:The stock market has reached a historic level of quiet AppleAAPL, -0.96% retreated 2.3% to $115.59, notching its biggest daily percentage loss since Sept. 9. Investors also may have been disappointed that the tech giant projections for the current quarter weren't more bullish. Investors punished the stock after the iPhone maker posted quarterly earnings that slightly beat expectations and revenue that was just shy of forecasts.
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