
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) Tuesday closed down -0.39%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI) (DIA) closed down -0.27%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed down -0.37%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM25) are down -0.44%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQM25) are down -0.45%.
Stock indexes retreated as the market fretted about higher bond yields and the reduced attractiveness of the US to foreign investors with the ongoing trade war and last Friday’s Moody’s downgrade of the US credit rating.