Forexpros – U.S. stocks were down after the closing bell on Monday.
At the close of U.S. trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2.26%, the S&P 500 index shed 2.47%, while the Nasdaq 100 index declined 1.72%.
Earlier in the day, data showed that The U.S.’s Chicago PMI fell more-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 58.4 last month from 60.4 in the preceding month.
Analysts had expected the Chicago PMI to fall to 59.0 last month.
Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, European stock markets closed lower. France’s CAC 40 was down 3.16%; Germany’s DAX shed 3.23%; Britain’s FTSE 100 declined 2.77%; and the EURO STOXX 50 fell 3.13%.
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