| Index | Change items | Closing price | % change |
| Nikkei | -314.33 | 23469.39 | -1.32% |
| TOPIX | -31.53 | 1761.12 | -1.76% |
| CSI 300 | -2.21 | 3288.69 | -0.07% |
| FTSE 100 | +4.26 | 7237.59 | +0.06% |
| DAX | +30.06 | 11977.22 | +0.25% |
| CAC 40 | +18.30 | 5318.55 | +0.35% |
| DJIA | -56.21 | 26430.57 | -0.21% |
| S&P 500 | -4.09 | 2880.34 | -0.14% |
| NASDAQ | +2.07 | 7738.02 | +0.03% |
Major stock indexes finished trading mainly in the red, having suffered from falling stocks of the industrial goods sector.
The focus of market participants was also a message about the IMF's decline in forecast for the growth rate of the global economy. The Fund lowered its forecast for the first time since 2016, and the reason for this is the growth of protectionism in the world. According to the updated IMF estimate, the global economy will grow by 3.7% per year over 2018-2019, while previously an increase of 3.9% was expected. The forecast for the US economy (from 2.7% to 2.5%), China (from 6.4% to 6.2%), the eurozone (from 2.2% to 2.0%), and significantly reduced forecast for developing economies.
In addition, the data showed that the US economic optimism index, calculated by Investor's Business Daily newspaper and TechnoMetrica Institute of Policy and Politics, rose in October to 57.8 points from 55.7 points in September, while the experts expected it will drop to 54.6 points.
Most of the DOW components recorded a decline (18 out of 30). The outsider was DowDuPont Inc. (DWDP ,, -3.67%). The growth leader was Walmart Inc. (WMT, + 2.52%).
Most sectors of the S & P finished trading in the red. The largest decline was in the industrial goods sector (-1.4%). The utility sector grew the most (+ 0.4%),
At the time of closing:
Dow 26,430.57 -56.21 -0.21%
S & P 500 2,880.34 -4.09 -0.14%
Nasdaq 100 7,738.02 +2.07 + 0.03%
U.S. stock-index futures fell on Tuesday, pressured by increased concerns over global economic growth.
Global Stocks:
| Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
| Nikkei | 23,469.39 | -314.33 | -1.32% |
| Hang Seng | 26,172.91 | -29.66 | -0.11% |
| Shanghai | 2,721.02 | +4.51 | +0.17% |
| S&P/ASX | 6,041.10 | -59.20 | -0.97% |
| FTSE | 7,197.13 | -36.20 | -0.50% |
| CAC | 5,274.26 | -25.99 | -0.49% |
| DAX | 11,866.03 | -81.13 | -0.68% |
| Crude | $74.61 | | +0.43% |
| Gold | $1,190.70 | | +0.18% |
(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)
| ALCOA INC. | AA | 38.5 | -0.24(-0.62%) | 11765 |
| ALTRIA GROUP INC. | MO | 63.1 | -0.07(-0.11%) | 2107 |
| Amazon.com Inc., NASDAQ | AMZN | 1,855.00 | -9.42(-0.51%) | 44625 |
| Apple Inc. | AAPL | 222.8 | -0.97(-0.43%) | 210181 |
| AT&T Inc | T | 33.62 | 0.01(0.03%) | 98212 |
| Barrick Gold Corporation, NYSE | ABX | 11.19 | -0.22(-1.93%) | 83506 |
| Boeing Co | BA | 384.59 | -1.18(-0.31%) | 2733 |
| Caterpillar Inc | CAT | 152.4 | -0.95(-0.62%) | 3345 |
| Cisco Systems Inc | CSCO | 47.6 | 0.08(0.17%) | 21911 |
| Citigroup Inc., NYSE | C | 72.15 | -0.44(-0.61%) | 10101 |
| Exxon Mobil Corp | XOM | 85.52 | -0.61(-0.71%) | 1171 |
| Facebook, Inc. | FB | 157 | -0.25(-0.16%) | 95941 |
| Ford Motor Co. | F | 9.23 | -0.03(-0.32%) | 29779 |
| Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., NYSE | FCX | 13.2 | -0.09(-0.68%) | 4585 |
| General Electric Co | GE | 13.65 | 0.04(0.29%) | 459832 |
| General Motors Company, NYSE | GM | 33.86 | -0.39(-1.14%) | 1100 |
| Goldman Sachs | GS | 225 | -0.35(-0.16%) | 5872 |
| Google Inc. | GOOG | 1,143.00 | -5.97(-0.52%) | 7283 |
| Home Depot Inc | HD | 198.2 | -0.21(-0.11%) | 4714 |
| Intel Corp | INTC | 47.19 | 0.16(0.34%) | 62379 |
| International Business Machines Co... | IBM | 147.97 | -0.42(-0.28%) | 2050 |
| International Paper Company | IP | 46.4 | -0.93(-1.96%) | 6400 |
| JPMorgan Chase and Co | JPM | 114.73 | -0.59(-0.51%) | 2520 |
| Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 110.56 | -0.29(-0.26%) | 77409 |
| Nike | NKE | 79.65 | -0.58(-0.72%) | 3310 |
| Pfizer Inc | PFE | 45.13 | -0.15(-0.33%) | 10966 |
| Starbucks Corporation, NASDAQ | SBUX | 56.65 | 0.11(0.19%) | 2781 |
| Tesla Motors, Inc., NASDAQ | TSLA | 254.54 | 3.98(1.59%) | 120963 |
| Twitter, Inc., NYSE | TWTR | 28.39 | -0.06(-0.21%) | 37267 |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc | UNH | 270 | 0.99(0.37%) | 923 |
| Verizon Communications Inc | VZ | 54.41 | -0.01(-0.01%) | 6953 |
| Visa | V | 140.98 | -0.91(-0.64%) | 7016 |
| Wal-Mart Stores Inc | WMT | 95.55 | 0.86(0.91%) | 15739 |
| Walt Disney Co | DIS | 116.4 | 0.38(0.33%) | 3943 |
| Yandex N.V., NASDAQ | YNDX | 32.91 | -0.44(-1.32%) | 3586 |
Apple (AAPL) initiated with a Sell at Vertical Group; target $175
Tesla (TSLA) initiated with an Outperform at Macquarie; target $430
Int'l Paper (IP) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at BMO Capital Mkts
Wal-Mart (WMT) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank