Baku. Vahab Rzayev – APA-Economics. On March 3, the Dow Jones industrial average dropped 153.68 points, or 0.9 percent, to 16,168.03.
The S&P 500 index fell 13.72 points, or 0.7 percent, to 1,845.73. Nasdaq fell 0,7% to 4,277.
The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares closed down 1.5 percent at 6,708.35 while the CAC-40 in France fell 2.7 percent to 4,290.87. The retreat on Germany's DAX was even greater, largely because the country is reliant on Russian gas, with the index ending 3.4 percent lower at 9,358.89.