Stocks closed lower on Wall Street Thursday as investors tapped the brakes after three days of gains. The S&P 500 fell 0.7 percent, and the Nasdaq fell 1.7 percent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped less than 1 point. Small-company stocks fell more than the rest of the market. The pullback came after investors pushed the S&P 500 index up 3.6 percent over the first three days of the week, largely in response to easing worries about the omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus. CVS Health rose after raising its dividend and issuing a solid forecast. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 1.49 percent. Stocks edged lower in afternoon trading on Wall Street Thursday as investors tapped the brakes after three days of gains. The S&P 500 fell 0.4 percent as of 2:40 p.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 62 points, or 0.2 percent, to 35,816 and …