<p>The week is ending on a soft note. All 3 major indices are closing lower on the day with the NASDAQ down over 2%. The Russell 2000 index of small cap stocks fell by -2.17%.</p><p>The declines in the Dow industrial average today tipped its fortunes for the week into negative territory but only barely. </p><p>For the week, the Dow, S&P and NASDAQ close lower for the 1st time in 5 trading weeks. The declines for the week showed:</p><ul><li>Dow -0.1%</li><li>S&P -1.2%</li><li>NASDAQ -2.62%</li></ul><p>For the trading day:</p><ul><li>Dow industrial average fell -292.3 points or -0.86% at 33706.73</li><li>S&P index fell -55.24 points or -1.29% at 4228.49</li><li>NASDAQ index fell -260.12 points or -2.01% at 12705.23</li><li>Russell 2000 fell 43.38 points or -2.17% at 1957.34.</li></ul>

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.