Dow & NASDAQ close lower for the 4th consecutive day. S&P lower for the 3rd day.

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• The Dow industrial average and NASDAQ NASDAQ The Nasdaq Stock Market or NASDAQ is an American stock exchange. It trails only the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in market capitalization and is part of a network of stock markets and options exchanges.Launched back in 1971, NASDAQ is the acronym for the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations. Since then it is known simply as NASDAQ and has become one of the most influential exchanges worldwide.The NASDAQ was the world’s first electronic stock market, and has since ass The Nasdaq Stock Market or NASDAQ is an American stock exchange. It trails only the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in market capitalization and is part of a network of stock markets and options exchanges.Launched back in 1971, NASDAQ is the acronym for the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations. Since then it is known simply as NASDAQ and has become one of the most influential exchanges worldwide.The NASDAQ was the world’s first electronic stock market, and has since ass Read this Term index are down for the fourth consecutive day
• The S&P index is down for the third consecutive day.
• The Dow and Russell 2000 lead the way to the downside today with declines of over 1.4%

A look at the final numbers shows:

• Dow fell -482.57 points or -1.42% at 33596.62
• S&P fell -44.15 points or -1.01% at 4304.77
• Nasdaq fell -166.54 points or-1.23% at 13381.53
• Russell 2000 fell -29.16 points or -1.45% at 1980.30

The Biden administration announced that the US would impose sanctions on:

• Two Russian banks
• On Russian elites, family members
• On Russian sovereign debt

There could be more to come if things continue to escalate.

The markets tried to rally after Bidens speech, but the momentum faded into the close.