On August 16, in the U.S. stock market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 0.52% to 34,765.74; the S&P 500 by 0.76% to 4,404.33; and the Nasdaq Composite by 1.15% to 13,474.63, APA-Economics reports.
In European stock markets, on August 16, the FTSE 100 dropped by 0.44% to 7,356.88, France’s CAC 40 by 0,10% to 7,260.25 points while Germany’s DAX rose by 0.14% to 15,789.45 points.
In the world market, the exchange rate of the euro against the dollar decreased by 0,11% and amounted to 1.0867 dollars.