Baku. Parviz Nuriyev - APA-Economics. The Dow Jones slipped 0.13% to 16,846, S&P 500 dropped 0.12% to 1,957 and NASDAQ slid 0.02% to 4,379.
Frankfurt's DAX 30 dropped 0.64 per cent to 9,804.90 points, while the CAC 40 in Paris fell 0.47 per cent to 4,439.63 points.
London's FTSE 100 index of top companies closed effectively flat, gaining just 0.020% to stand at 6,735,12.