Wall Street closes in the red, Dow Jones loses 1.01%

New York, September 20 (EFE). Wall Street closed this Tuesday in the red and its main index, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, fell 1.01%, when investors waited for the US Federal Reserve’s decision on a percentage increase in the interest rate.

At the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones Index lost 313.45 points to 30,706.23 while the selective S&P 500 Index also fell 1.13%, or 43.96 units, to 3,855.93.

For its part, the Nasdaq Market Composite Index, which groups major technology companies, lost 0.95%, or 109.97 integers, to 11,425.05.

Last week, the S&P and Nasdaq indices posted their biggest weekly declines since June, worried about the trajectory of the US economy.

By sectors, they all closed in red, with a particular decline in the real estate sector (-2.57%), followed by basic commodities (-1.69%) and telecommunications (-1.61%).

For the 30 stocks in Dow Jones, red also dominated almost all stocks, the most noticeable decline was Nike shares (-4.47%), followed by Caterpillar (-2.26%) and Home Depot (-2.23%).

Only Apple and Boeing saved the day from losses, with 1.57 and 0.73%, respectively. EFE

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