Baku - APA-Economics. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped 102.04 points, or 0.6 per cent, to 16,843.88, Sydney Morning Herald reported.
The broad-based S&P 500 fell 6.9 points, or 0.35 per cent, to 1,943.89, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index dipped 6.07, or 0.14 per cent, to 4,331.93.
London's FTSE 100 index of top companies dropped 0.5 per cent to 6,838.87 points, with losses limited by official data that revealed a further drop in British unemployment to a fresh five-year low point.
Frankfurt's DAX 30 shed 0.79 per cent to 9,949.81 points.
The CAC 40 in Paris slumped 0.87 per cent to 4,555.11 points, after ending at its highest point since June 2008 a day earlier.