US stock indexes fell on Wednesday as oil prices climbed and Adobe shares tumbled on a disappointing forecast, while investors assessed the outlook for U.S. interest rates following calls from Federal Reserve policymakers for bigger increases.
Ten of the 11 major S&P sectors were down, with financial and healthcare shares declining the most. Bank stocks fell 1.7%.
Adobe Inc slid 9.9% to weigh the most on the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq after the Photoshop maker forecast downbeat second-quarter revenue and profit and sees an impact on fiscal 2022 revenue due to the Russia-Ukraine crisis.
Still the tech-heavy Nasdaq fared better than its
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