US stock market ends lower as Israel-Iran conflict escalates; Dow Jones, Nasdaq cracks over 1%; defence stocks rally | Stock Market News

US stock market ends lower as Israel-Iran conflict escalates; Dow Jones, Nasdaq cracks over 1%; defence stocks rally | Stock Market News

Source: Live Mint US stock market ended sharply lower on Friday, led by losses in financials and information technology stocks, after conflict in the Middle East escalated as Iran launched counterstrikes at Israel. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.79% to 42,197.79, while the S&P 500 declined 1.13% to end at 5,976.97. The Nasdaq closed…

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Nasdaq ends down 2.6% as US stocks fall after jobs data | Stock Market News

Nasdaq ends down 2.6% as US stocks fall after jobs data | Stock Market News

Source: Live Mint Wall Street stocks finished decisively lower Friday following weaker than expected US jobs growth that pointed to a slowing economy. The lackluster job growth “played right into the market’s worries about (economic) slowing,” said Briefing.com analyst Patrick O’Hare, who noted that September has been a historically tepid period for equities. After a…

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