Mumbai, June 25 -- Stocks wavered to a mixed close on Wall Street Wednesday as technology stocks once again weighed down the market.

The S&P 500 fell 7.24 points (0.1%) to 7,358.22, despite nearly 2 out of every 3 stocks gaining ground. The Dow Jones Industrial Average which is less weighted with tech stocks, rose 182.06 points (0.4%) to 51,848.90.

Oil prices continued slipping as the U.S. and Iran negotiate a possible end to their war. Brent crude, the international standard, fell 3.8% to $73.87 a barrel. It has been trading below $80 in recent days but is still above the roughly $70 per barrel it was trading at in late February before the war began. U.S. crude prices fell 3.9% to $70.34 a barrel.

Gold prices fell 3.4% to settle at $4...