US stocks in September

The trend of US stocks was sluggish on the last trading day of September, and the Dow Jones index fell 158 points when closed.

The Dow opened 216 points higher, and the increase widened slightly to 227 points, with a high of 33,893 points, then repeatedly falling down 258 points to a low of 33,407 points; the index rose at most 0.78%; the NASDAQ rose 1.38%; the Golden Dragon Index, which reflects the performance of Chinese concept stocks, climbed 1.2%.

The US market closed, and the Dow fell 158 points, or 0.47%, to 33,507 points; the index fell 0.27% to 4,288 points; the NASDAQ rose 0.14% to 13,219 points.