Financials, technology stocks pressure S&P 500

Financials and technology stocks slid on Wednesday, contributing to the $S&P 500 Index(.SPX.US)$ ′s 0.8% decline.
Falling shares of $Lincoln National(LNC.US)$ , $Citigroup(C.US)$ , $Citizens Financial(CFG.US)$ and Fi $Fifth Third Bancorp(FITB.US)$ contributed to a 1.2% loss in the benchmark index’s financial sector.
Elsewhere, popular technology names and chipmakers, including $Alphabet-C(GOOG.US)$ , $NVIDIA(NVDA.US)$ , $Analog Devices(ADI.US)$ and Intuit, contributed to a 1% decline in the communications services and information technology sectors.
$Tesla(TSLA.US)$ shed 3.4% and cruise stocks Royal Caribbean, Carnival and Norwegian Cruise Line fell at least 3% each. The drop in shares pressured the consumer discretionary sector, $SPDR S&P 500 ETF(SPY.US)$ $Invesco QQQ Trust(QQQ.US)$