The major US stock indices are ending the day lower. The Dow Industrial Average is closing down (only 0.03% but still lower) for the 5th consecutive day. In the month of May, the Dow was only up one day (last Friday).

The final numbers are showing:

• Dow industrial average of -8.9 points or -0.03% at 33300.63
• S&P -6.56 points or -0.16% at 4124.07
• NASDAQ index -43.77 points or -0.36% at 12284.73
• Russell 2000 fell -3.85 points or -0.22% at 1740.84

For the trading week, the Dow and S&P are ending lower. The Nasdaq was up marginally:

• Dow industrial average fell -1.11%
• S&P index fell -0.29%
• NASDAQ index rose 0.4%
• Russell 2000 fell -1.08%

Looking at some of the big cap stocks this week:

• Alphabet surged 11.31%
• Microsoft fell -0.54%
• Apple fell -0.61%
• Nvidia fell -1.19%
• Meta rose 0.442%
• Amazon rose 4.35%
• Disney tumbled -8.45%
• Tesla felt -1.22%

The regional banks were under pressure this week:

• KRE ETF (regional bank ETF), -5.16%
• PacWest Bancorp, -21.01%
• Western alliance Bancorp, +1.14%
• First Horizon Corp, -11.61%
• Zion Bank -5.6%
• Citizens financial group -6.20%

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