Major indices close lower but it could’ve been worse
No new records today
The major US stock indices all closed lower, snapping the record close string at five.
- Dow has its worst performance since August 4
- S&P has its largest decline in nearly a month
- NASDAQ posts a two day declinne
- S&P and Dow snap a five day win streak/5 days of record closes
- The Dow was down over 500 ppoints at it’s lows
- Consumer Discretionary -2.31%
- Industrials –1.06%
- Communication services -0..99%
- Energy -0.92%
- Technology fell -0.87%
- Healthcare rose 1.12%
- Consumer staples rose 0.34%
The final numbers are showing:
- S&P index -31.46 points or -0.70% at 4448.25. The index at its low was down -1.39% or -62.14 points
- NASDAQ felt -137.58 points or -0.93% at 14656.18. The index was down -242.9 points or -1.64% at it’s lows
- Dow fell -282.122 points for -0.79% at 35343.28. It’s low price was down -505.009 points or -1.42%
- Russelll 2000 fell -26.24 points or -1.19% at 2177.17