Mid-Afternoon Market Update: Markets Down Across the Board as Traders Brace Themselves for Tesla Earnings After the Close

Toward the end of trading Wednesday, the Dow traded down 0.25 percent to 15,480.84 while the NASDAQ declined 0.26 percent to 3,656.21. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.29 percent to 1,692.84. Top HeadlineTime Warner (NYSE: TWX ) reported a rise in its second-quarter profit. Time Warner's quarterly