• The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 19.04 points, or 0.09 percent, to 20,052.42, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 4.86 points, or 0.21 percent, to 2,292.56 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 3.21 points, or 0.06percent, to 5,663.55.
U.S. stocks slipped on Monday, led by the energy sector as oil prices dropped, while investors awaited the next run of major earnings reports and sought further clarity on President Donald Trump's economic policies.
• U.S. stocks fell on Monday, led lower by the energy sector as oil prices slumped, following European shares and the euro downward on global political uncertainty. The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 0.6 percent.
• Investors are awaiting more details on President Donald Trump's economic policies, while concern lingers over French politics ahead of a presidential vote in April.
• The euro fell to a one-week low against the dollar, while European stocks also dropped. In late trading, the euro fell 0.4 percent against the dollar to $1.0742 EUR=. It earlier dropped to $1.0705, its weakest level since Jan. 31.
• Investors were largely focused on French politics, as far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen launched her presidential bid, vowing to fight globalization and take France out of the euro zone.
• Appetite for stocks and the euro ebbed on Tuesday as political and economic uncertainty sent investors sheltering in the Japanese yen and gold, while expectations China's foreign exchange reserves had fallen for a seventh month added to nervousness.
• Japan's Nikkei .N225 dropped 0.6 percent as a stronger yen depressed stocks.
• Investors expected China to say on Tuesday that its foreign exchange reserves fell for the seventh straight month by about $10.5 billion to $3 trillion in January.
Reference: Reuters
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