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06.06.2017, 20:07

The main US stock indexes completed the session in a negative territory

The main US stock indexes declined on Tuesday, as investors avoided risky assets before a tense Thursday, when elections are held in Britain, and the former director of the FBI, Komi, will testify before the Congress about the possible connection between the presidential campaign of Trump and Russia.

In addition, according to a survey of vacancies and labor turnover (JOLTS), published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the US, in April the number of vacancies increased to 6.044 million. Meanwhile, the indicator for March was revised upward - to 5.785 million from 5.743 million. Analysts It was expected that the number of vacancies would drop to 5.650 million. The vacancy rate was 4.0% compared to 3.8% in March. The number of vacancies has increased both in the private sector (+220,000) and in the government segment (+39,000). For industries, the largest increase in vacancy rates was in the housing and food sector (+118,000), while the decline was seen in the durable goods sector (-30,000).

Most components of the DOW index closed in the red (18 out of 30). Most fell shares of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT, -1.68%). Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM, + 1.27%) was the leader of growth.

Most sectors of the S & P index recorded a decline. The service sector fell most of all (-0.7%). The leader of growth was the sector of basic materials (+ 0.8%).

At closing:

DJIA -0.21% 21,138.54 -45.50

Nasdaq -0.33% 6.275.06 -20.62

S & P -0.28% 2,429.40 -6.70

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