[BRIEFING.COM] Stocks have been gradually trimming their losses, but recently pulled back a bit as they take a breather from the ascent, which took the Dow from a loss of roughly 2.2% to a loss of 0.9%. Still, all 30 Dow components are trading with a loss.

As stocks have trimmed their losses, the dollar has trimmed its gains. The greenback had been up approximatlye 0.8% against a basket of major foreign currencies, but it is now up a more tame 0.3%.