The major US indices are all closing lower. For the month of May, the Dow industrial average is down 6 of 7 trading days. The S&P and NASDAQ index are down 5 of 7 trading days.
A snapshot of the closing levels shows:
- Dow industrial average -56.90 points or -0.17% at 33561.80
- S&P index -18.95 points or -0.46% at 4119.18
- NASDAQ index -77.37 points or -0.63% at 12179.54
- Russell 2000 -4.792 points or -0.27% at 1749.67