    Sentence ax‘The. broader Standard. S¢,Poor;:s  500.,Index .;SPX., eased |7,57; points \~:,08 |0.76  percent:,-at 990.94 . 1    ‘Sentence: |2* ‘The ..technology-laced’ Nasdaq:  Composite Index was down 25136 points... or  1,53: percent , at 3,628.26: