Concerns about slower economic growth in China and lingering tensions in Ukraine helped set the U.S. stock market on course for its third loss in a row Wednesday.

KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell four points, or 0.2 percent, to 1,863 as of 11:03 a.m. Eastern time. The Dow Jones industrial average shed 34 points, or 0.2 percent, to 16,316. The Nasdaq composite dipped three points, or 0.1 percent, to 4,304.

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