Major European indices close the session lower.

The European indices are closing the day with declines led by the France's CAC which fell -0.43%. A look at the closing levels shows:

• German DAX, -0.19%
• France's CAC, -0.43%
• UK's FTSE 100, -0.17%
• Spain's Ibex, -0.36%
• Italy's FTSE MIB, -0.20%

in the European debt market, benchmark yields are mixed:

A look at other markets as European traders look to exit shows:

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• spot silver is down $0.27 or -1.47% at $18.42
• crude oil is trading at $83.53 or up $0.71 on the day. The high price reached $84.47. The low price extended to $82.61
• bitcoin is trading at $19,228. That's up marginally from the level near the U.S. Open at $19,176

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• Dow industrial average is trading up around 5 points or 0.01%
• S&P index is down -11.21 points or -0.31% at 3708.74
• NASDAQ index is down -40.65 points or -0.3% and 10731.61
• Russell 2000 is down 23.56 points or -1.34% at 1732.40

in the US debt market, the yields are near their high levels for the day:

• 2 year yield is at 4.53%, up 9.4 basis points
• 5 year 4.328%, +11.5 basis points
• 10 year 4.106%, +10.6 basis points
• 30 year 4.102%, +8.2 basis points