US stocks recorded its worst weekly performance since three years

US stocks fell at the end of trading on Friday, dramatically, and this performance came amid data variance issued by its economy, where US indexes posted their worst performance since the three years following the negative Chinese data and crude oil prices continue to fall in the global markets.



US stocks fell as the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell, capping its biggest weekly decline in three years, where he continued the decline of oil and Chinese industrial data raised concerns of a slowdown of the global economy.



And dropped the S & P 500 index by 2.9 percent as a group, while energy stocks fell 2.2 percent. Abt where IBM shares and DuPont and Exxon Mobil 2.9 percent, as shares fell all the Dow Jones index.



The performance of US stock indices by the closure as follows:

The Dow Jones Industrial Average index shed 315.51 points or 1.79% to close the day at 17,280 point levels.

The index of the S & P 500 fell 0.33 points or 1.62% to close at 2002 levels point.

The NASDAQ Composite Index, we have seen declining by 54.56 points, or 1.16% to close at 4653 points levels.


Alaqsadah data

PPI in the United States rose during the month of November by 0.1% compared to expectations that referred to 0.2%, and decreased core producer price index rose 0.2% compared to expectations, which pointed to a decline of 0.1%



Preliminary reading of the University of Michigan index of confidence and recorded during the month of December increased to up to 93.8 compared to expectations, which indicated 89.7.



Trading the US dollar

The dollar index, which measures the performance of the dollar against six major currencies including the euro and the Japanese yen and the pound sterling, currently trading at 88.32 levels