China Singapore, Jingwei, May 17 - On Thursday, the three major indexes of the US stock market closed slightly lower, and the Dow stood at 40000 points for the first time in the session. By the end of the day, the Dow had dropped 38.62 points, or 0.10%, to 39869.38; The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 44.07 points, or 0.26%, to 16698.32; The S&P 500 index fell 11.05 points, or 0.21%, to 5297.10.
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On the market, most large technology stocks fell, with Apple up 0.08%, Amazon down 1.29%, Netflix down 0.49%, Google up 0.93%, Facebook down 1.74%, and Microsoft down 0.51%.
Most bank stocks fell, JPMorgan Chase rose 0.18%, Goldman Sachs fell 0.33%, Citigroup fell 0.19%, Morgan Stanley fell 0.94%, Bank of America rose 0.84%, and Wells Fargo fell 2.04%.
Energy stocks generally fell, with ExxonMobil down 0.55%, Chevron down 0.17%, ConocoPhillips down 0.71%, Schlumberger up 0.23%, and Western Petroleum down 0.8%.
Most chip stocks fell, TSMC fell 2.15%, Asmart fell 1.91%, Broadcom fell 1.66%, Applied Materials fell 1.53%, Qualcomm fell 0.71%, Nvidia fell 0.3%, Chaowei Semiconductor rose 1.87%, and Intel rose 2.46%.
The concept stocks of individual investors holding the group continued to fall, with the game station down 30.09% and AMC Entertainment Holdings down 15.51%.
Popular Chinese stocks rose generally, and the NASDAQ China Golden Dragon Index rose 2.49%. IQIYI rose 12.21%, Alibaba rose 7.01%, NetEase rose 5.53%, Weibo and Futu Holdings rose more than 4%, Xiaopeng Auto and Vipshop rose more than 3%, Manbang and Bilibili rose more than 2%, and JD, Baidu and Pinduoduo rose more than 1%. Ideal Auto fell 2.74% and Weilai fell 1.22%.
In terms of economic data, data released by the US Department of Labor on the 16th showed that as of the week of May 11, the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits for the first time decreased to 222000, a lower than expected decline.
In Europe, Germany's DAX index closed 0.76% lower at 18725.71, France's CAC40 index closed 0.63% lower at 8188.49, and Britain's FTSE 100 index closed 0.08% lower at 8438.65.
In terms of international oil prices, the price of light crude oil futures for June delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose 60 cents to close at 79.23 dollars a barrel, up 0.76%; London Brent crude oil futures for July delivery rose 52 cents to US $83.27 per barrel, up 0.63%.
For precious metals, as of press release, COMEX gold futures fell 0.46% to $2383.9 per ounce, while COMEX silver futures rose 0.39% to $29.85 per ounce.
In terms of the US dollar index, the US dollar index, which measures the US dollar against six major currencies, rose 0.11% on the 16th day and closed at 104.462 at the end of the foreign exchange market. (Zhongxin Jingwei APP)
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