Shares on the major stock market indexes in the United States ended the trading session on Friday with losses after the US Food and Drug Administration voted against using Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccines as booster shots for the general population.
On the data front, worse-than-expected September’s consumer confidence report seemingly impacted the sentiment.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.48%, or 166 points, as the session ended with Dow Inc. down by 2.89%. The Nasdaq 100 concurrently tumbled 1.18%, as Copart dived 5.46%. The S&P 500 plunged 0.92% at the same time. Unum Group plummeted 6.04%, as the benchmark’s worst performer. The euro surrendered 0.29% compared to the dollar, selling for 1.17306 at 3:59 pm ET.