Stocks held to a familiar pattern Wednesday, following the lead of oil in early afternoon trading. Losses were mild in the indexes, with the Nasdaq down 0.4%. The Dow Jones industrial average and S&P 500 lost 0.3% each. Volume on the NYSE and Nasdaq was tracking lower than Tuesday’s levels in the stock market today, Apple (AAPL) weighed on the Dow, falling 1% after the iPhone maker agreed to pay Italy about $350 million in a tax dispute.