Wall St slips after rejection of Brexit timetable

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 39.54 points, or 0.15%, to 26,788.1, the S&P 500 lost 10.73 points, or 0.36%, to 2,995.99 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 58.69 points, or 0.72%, to 8,104.30.

NEW YORK: U.S. stocks ended lower on Tuesday, giving up early gains after British lawmakers rejected the government's proposed timetable for passing legislation to ratify its deal to exit the European Union.

The defeat in parliament made it unlikely that Britain would finalize its exit by Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Oct. 31 target. Johnson said it was up to the EU to decide whether it wanted to delay Brexit and for how long.