Fed offers little comfort for US stocks hit by series of weak data US stocks fell, undoing much of their early week rally, as investors reacted to disappointing economic data and found little comfort in the Federal Reserve's decision to keep its easy-money policies in place. The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 138.85 points, or 0.9 per cent, to 14,700.95, its worst start to a month since June 2012. It gained 127 points over the first two days of the week.