All 11 sectors of the S&P are lower.

The majors stock indices are all closing lower with the Dow industrial average the worst performer.

• The S&P and Dow have been down for five the last six trading days
• The NASDAQ index has fallen five straight days
• All 11 sectors of the S&P index are lower today
• US yields are sharply lower leading to the decline in the financials.  The tenure yield is down -4.5 basis points. The 30 year yield is down -5.1 basis point.

• The Russell 2000 was the worst performer with a decline of over -1.4%

the final numbers are showing:

• Dow industrial average fell -291.07 points or -0.83% at 34578.56
• S&P index fell -25.5 points or -0.57% at 4443.23
• NASDAQ index fell -67.82 points or -0.45% at 15037.76
• Russell 2000 felt -30.83 points or -1.38% at 2209.95

Looking at the sectors of the S&P index (all declined), the worst performers included:

• Energy -1.54%
• Financials, -1.41%
• Industrials -1.23%
• Materials -1.16%

The best performers in a losing effort were:

• Healthcare -0.11%.
• Technology, -0.14%.
• Discretionary, -0.33%.
• Real estate, -0.34%.