In the U.S. stock markets, the Dow Jones index decreased by 0.54% to 49,395.16 points, the S&P 500 index fell by 0.28% to 6,861.89 points, and the Nasdaq index declined by 0.31% to 22,682.73 points, APA-Economics reports.
In European stock markets, the FTSE 100 index dropped by 0.55% to 10,627.04 points, Germany’s DAX index fell by 0.93% to 25,043.57 points, and France’s CAC 40 index decreased by 0.36% to 8,398.78 points.
On global markets, the euro depreciated by 0.18% against the U.S. dollar to 1.1752 dollars.