Stocks close lower on the day with the NASDAQ leading the way lower

The major US stock indices are closing lower with the NASDAQ leading the way to the downside. The final numbers are showing:

• Dow industrial average is train down -110.41 points or -0.33% at 33786.63
• S&P index is down -24.71 points or -0.59% at 4129.80
• NASDAQ index is down -97.68 points or -0.80% at 12059.55
• Russell 2000 is down -9.74 points or -0.54% at 1789.69

With one day to go in the trading week, the major indices are also marginally lower:

• Dow industrial average is down -0.29%
• S&P index is down -0.19%
• NASDAQ index is down -0.53%