US stocks wavered at the start of trading on Wednesday morning after the benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC) hit its latest record on Tuesday, setting up Wall Street to ride into the Christmas holiday on a high note. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) held flat and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) slipped just under the flatline, even as the blue chip-focused Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) gained roughly 0.1% in the minutes after the opening bell. Meanwhile, precious metals powered ahead on Wednesday, with gold (GC= ...