us stocks fell on wednesday with the techheavy nasdaq leading losses after strongerthanexpected retail sales data gave the federal reserve more ammunition to tighten policy while geopolitical tensions over russia and ukraine added to caution at 1324 et the dow jones industrial average dji was down 077 at 3471803 the sp 500 spx was down 072 at 443893 and the nasdaq composite ixicwas down 126 at 13961635 buzzpreviewdrops ahead of report all eyes on supply chain buzzchinas meihua jumps in us debut after ipo size slashed  harmony gold mining co ltd  up 57 buzzshares down on googles plans to curb tracking on android  tradeweb markets inc two down 12 buzzbrokerages say co unlikely to take big hit from funding decline buzzset for worst day in a month after flagging revenue growth slowdown buzzset for worst day in 2 years after rejecting seaworlds buyout bid buzzstreet view tower acquisition may not fully offer a turn of fortunes for intel buzzstreet view co under solid roof as users look beyond vacation stays buzzrises as co to join sp smallcap 600 buzzcruise stocks firm after us cdc eases warnings on falling covid cases