SKN | Americas Market Overview: Russell 2000 Falls 1.77% as Major Markets Retreat
Market Reviews Americas Markets Move Lower The session produced a clear reversal from the mixed performance recorded in the previous market data. All seven benchmarks in the provided Americas table moved lower, with losses ranging from 0.68% in the Dow to 1.77% in the Russell 2000. The Russell 2000 recorded the largest decline among the equity indexes, falling to 2,838.66. The S&P/TSX Composite followed with a 1.61% decline, closing at 35,751.43. The breadth of the declines indicates that weakness was not limited to one segment of the Americas equity market. Large-cap U.S. stocks, smaller companies, Canadian equities and Brazilian stocks all finished lower. U.S. Equities Retreat The Nasdaq declined 1.13% to 26,936.04, making it the weakest of the three major U.S. large-cap […]