On U.S. stock markets, the Dow Jones index fell by 1.05% to 48,977.88 points, the S&P 500 index declined by 0.43% to 6,878.92 points, and the Nasdaq index dropped by 0.92% to 22,668.21 points, APA-Economics reports.
On European stock markets, the FTSE 100 index rose by 0.59% to 10,910.55 points, while Germany’s DAX index decreased by 0.02% to 25,284.26 points and France’s CAC 40 index fell by 0.47% to 8,578.75 points.
On global markets, the euro strengthened by 0.13% against the U.S. dollar to 1.1812 dollars.