Decline in major indices closed Friday's trading on the New York Stock Exchange on the background of an uncertain situation with the settlement of the financial crisis in Greece.
Index Dow Jones - the main indicator of business activity in the US - fell by 0.56% to 18,014.28 points. The S & P 500, which includes 500 of the largest companies of the US market, fell 0.54% to 2109.76 points. Electronic stock exchange NASDAQ Index decreased by 0.31% to 5117.00 points.
On market sentiment influenced the statements of President of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco John Williams about the fact that the Fed is likely to go this year to raise interest rates. "In the middle of the day quotes started to grow under the influence of the previously received information that the Fed will gradually raise interest rates - said the head of the investment strategy Janney Capital Management LLC Mark Lucinschi. - But market participants did not have the enthusiasm to support the positive trend in circumstances where there was not enough of a coherent corporate statistics or references to the fact that the Greek debt saga moves to a successful conclusion. "According to Yousef Abbasi, an expert on market strategy in Jones Trading Institutional Services LLC, the situation with the Greek debt will have no significant impact on the US stock market. "At present the situation with Greece does not directly affect us - he said. - Europeans believe that the situation with Greece is under control, and if something does happen, it is unlikely to have a major impact on us. "
At the closing session, Apple shares were down 1.00% to $ 126,60, General Electric fell 0.47% to $ 27,24, Citigroup fell 0.93% to $ 56.23. Most significantly - by 10.87% to $ 43.37 - the stock rose Food Corporation ConAgra Foods Inc after it became known that 7.2% of the shares of the company acquired investment firm Jana Partners.
Brent WTI (West Texas Intermediate) in trading in New York fell 1.4% to $ 59.61 per barrel. The price troy ounce of gold in the closure of the session has not changed and remained at $ 1201.50.