Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 764.89 points, or 2.23%, at 33,599.61, the S&P 500 was down 115.61 points, or 2.62%, at 4,294.52
The S&P 500 Index ended the last trading day of 2021 with a drop of 0.3% that still left the equity benchmark 27% higher for the year and boasting no less than 70 record closes
Seven of the 11 major S&P 500 sector indexes traded higher, led by the real estate sector
Main stock indexes in the United States are eyeing a third straight yearly gain, with the benchmark S&P 500 on track to close out the year 26.4% higher
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Apple closes in on becoming first $3 trillion company; Pfizer to buy Arena Pharma, shares of both companies rise
The S&P 500 index has more than doubled since its pandemic lows of March last year, while Bitcoin is up over 1000%
The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended slightly higher
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 89.73 points, or 0.25%, at 36,067.85
Dow down 0.74%, S&P 500 down 0.51%, Nasdaq unchanged
Ten of the 11 major S&P sectors advanced, with consumer discretionary, information technology and financials hitting life-time highs
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 64.13 points, or 0.18%, to 35,741.15
Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 199.36 points, or 0.57%, to 35,457.97
JPMorgan falls, BlackRock gains on strong Q3 earnings; Apple falls after report of lower iPhone production
Bears, driven almost into extinction amid the relentless equity rally and January's retail-fomented short squeeze, are staging a comeback
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.94% to end at 34,002.92 points, while the S&P 500 lost 1.30% to 4,300.46
Stocks have been extremely choppy in September, as investors grappled with an abundance of issues
World markets tumbled Friday on the tail of Wall Street's worst monthly loss since the beginning of the pandemic. Shares dropped in Paris, London, Frankfurt and Tokyo. Shanghai and Hong Kong were closed for a holiday. The S&P 500 ended September down 4.8%, its first monthly drop since January and the biggest since March 2020. After climbing steadily for much of the year, markets have become unsettled with the spread of the more contagious delta variant of COVID-19, surging long-term bond yields and word that the Federal Reserve may start to unwind its support for the economy. Rising inflation also has caused investors to reconsider recent high prices for shares, leading many to sell tech stocks that have soared during the pandemic. Germany's DAX lost 0.8% to 15,134.21 and the CAC 40 in Paris slipped 0.8% to 6,465.81. London's FTSE 100 declined 1% to 7,013.74. US futures also retreated, with the contract for the Dow industrials shedding 0.7%. The future contract for the S&P 500
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