Prices fell for the second successive day, breaking the see-saw sequence up-then-down of the previous four sessions. The resulting pattern of -2/+1/-1/+1 shows no significant relationship with trends in long term growth or decline.
On the following day, the record shows increases exceed decreases : since January 2000, all three indices rose on 66 days and fell 50 times.
DJIA – .44 percent
NASDAQ - .33 percent
S&P500 – .31 percent