At the close in New York, the Dow Jones lost 0.77%, the S&P 500 fell 0.54% and the NASDAQ Composite lost 0.24%.
In the leaders of growth among the components of the Dow Jones at the end of today's trading were shares of Merck & Company Inc, which rose in price 0.90 points (1.19%), to close at 76.60. JPMorgan Chase & Co was up 0.70% or 1.08 points to end at 156.26. Apple Inc rose 0.38% or 0.49 points to close at 130.13.
The biggest losers were Dow Inc, which fell 2.42% or 1.63 points to end the session at 65.59. Walmart Inc was up 2.94 points or 2.10% to end at 137.06 and 3M Company was down 3.75 points or 1.87% to end at 196.86 ...
The leaders of growth among the components of the S&P 500 at the end of today's trading were Occidental Petroleum Corporation, which rose 4.62% to 30.55, Macerich Company, which gained 4.04% to close at 17.79, and Centene Corp shares were up 3.74% to end at 72.62.
The biggest losers were Willis Towers Watson PLC, which fell 7.19% to close at 237.23. H&R Block Inc shed 6.49% to end the session at 23.62. Oracle Corporation was down 5.61% to 77.06.
The leaders of growth among the components of the NASDAQ Composite index at the end of today's trading were the shares of Gaucho Group Holdings Inc, which rose in price by 83.62% to the level of 7.510, Orphazyme, which gained 60.30%, to close at 16.11, and Kindred Bioscncs rose 45.74% to end the session at 9.24.
The biggest losers were Inhibikase Therapeutics Inc, which fell 27.63% to close at 2.92. 9F Inc shed 14.83% to end the session at 2.24. Fusion Pharmaceuticals Inc was down 13.90% to 8.30.
On the New York Stock Exchange, the number of securities that fell in price (1982) exceeded the number of securities that closed in positive territory (1187), while the quotations of 122 shares remained practically unchanged. On the NASDAQ stock exchange 1844 companies fell in price, 1587 rose, and 145 remained at the level of the previous close.
Gaucho Group Holdings Inc rose to an all-time high, rising 83.62%, 3.420 points to trade at 7.510. Inhibikase Therapeutics Inc fell to historic lows, down 27.63%, 1.11 points to trade at 2.92. Kindred Bioscncs rose to a 52-week high, rising 45.74%, 2.90 points to close at 9.24.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which is based on S&P 500 options trading, was up 6.64% to trade at 18.15.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.54% or 28.65 to $ 1,827.75 a troy ounce. In other commodities, WTI crude oil futures for July delivery fell 0.36%, or 0.26, to $ 71.86 a barrel. Futures contracts for Brent oil for August delivery rose 0.07%, or 0.05, to trade at $ 74.04 a barrel.
Meanwhile, on the Forex market, the EUR / USD pair fell 1.02% to 1.2000, while USD / JPY rose 0.52%, reaching 110.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.93% at 91.347.