Baku. Nijat Mustafayev – APA-Economics. The Dow Jones industrial average index closed down 1.35% to 15,112. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index ended down 1.39% to 1,628.93. And the tech-laden Nasdaq composite index finished down .12% to 3,443.20.
In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares ended Tuesday down 0.7% at 6,374, while Germany's DAX rose 0.2% to 8,230. The CAC-40 in France was barely changed on the day, down 0.2% at 3,860.