At the close of the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones fell 0.71%, the S&P 500 index fell 1.15%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 1.87%.

3M Company was the top performer among the components of the Dow Jones index today, up 6.63 points or 4.94% to close at 140.75. Quotes of McDonald's Corporation rose by 6.71 points (2.68%), closing trading at 257.09. Coca-Cola Co rose 1.02 points or 1.64% to close at 63.21.

The biggest losers were Walmart Inc, which shed 10.04 points or 7.60% to end the session at 121.98. Salesforce.com Inc was up 3.85% or 6.83 points to close at 170.46 while Nike Inc was down 3.73% or 4.08 points to close at 105. ,twenty.

Leading gainers among the S&P 500 index components in today's trading were 3M Company, which rose 4.94% to 140.75, General Electric Company, which gained 4.61% to close at 71.51, and shares of Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, which rose 4.36% to end the session at 78.92.

The biggest losers were Fortinet Inc, which shed 7.77% to close at 56.26. Shares of Walmart Inc lost 7.60% to end the session at 121.98. Quotes of Carnival Corporation decreased in price by 7.41% to 8.50.

Leading gainers among the components of the NASDAQ Composite in today's trading were Ayala Pharmaceuticals Inc, which rose 94.25% to hit 1.69, Pagaya, which gained 73.11% to close at 16.74, and Freight Technologies Inc, which rose 67.57% to end the session at 2.48.

The biggest losers were Revelation Biosciences Inc, which shed 51.39% to close at 0.49. Shares of Luokung Technology Corp lost 41.19% to end the session at 0.24. Quotes of Exela Technologies Inc decreased in price by 36.43% to 1.85.

On the New York Stock Exchange, the number of depreciated securities (1938) exceeded the number of closed in positive territory (1172), and quotes of 122 shares remained virtually unchanged. On the NASDAQ stock exchange, 2,320 companies fell in price, 1,412 rose, and 242 remained at the level of the previous close.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which is based on S&P 500 options trading, rose 5.69% to 24.69.

Gold futures for August delivery lost 0.21%, or 3.55, to hit $1.00 a troy ounce. In other commodities, WTI September futures fell 1.48%, or 1.43, to $95.27 a barrel. Brent oil futures for October delivery fell 0.71%, or 0.71, to $99.48 a barrel.

Meanwhile, in the Forex market, EUR/USD fell 0.99% to hit 1.01, while USD/JPY edged up 0.15% to hit 136.87.

Futures on the USD index rose 0.67% to 107.07.