Major stock markets on Wall Street closed with losses after another surge in the Ukraine tensions with today's blasts in the Donbas region. Elsewhere, existing-home sales in the United States rose 6.7% in January compared to the previous month, according to the latest report.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average index closed with a 0.68% or a 233-point loss, as Intel Corp fell 5.32%. The Nasdaq 100 decreased 1.14% at the close, pulled down by MercadoLibre's 8.21% drop, while the S&P 500 was 0.71% lower at the end of trading, with PPL Corp, its worst performer, tumbling 7.25%.
The euro was 0.31% down compared to the dollar, going for 1.13246 at 4:00 pm ET.
