US STOCKS-Wall St slides as Treasury yields dent megacaps after retail sales data

Wall Street's main indexes dropped on Wednesday, as rising Treasury yields pressured megacaps after upbeat December retail sales data, tempering hopes of the Federal Reserve kicking off its rate-cut campaign as early as March. The benchmark S&P 500 fell to an over one-week low, while the blue-chip Dow dropped to a near one-month low.