Nasdaq string is stopped. 7-days of record closes is over.

The Nasdaq string of up days is over at 7-days. Over that 7-days, the price has closed at record levels each day. The decline today is the worst day since May 30.

Meanwhile, the Dow rose for the 3rd day in a row with a solid gain of 300 points. It was its strongest day since May 31.

The final numbers are showing:

• Dow industrial average rose 299.88 points or 0.77% at 39134.79
• S&P index fell -13.78 points or -0.25% at 5473.24
• Nasdaq index fell -140.64 pointe or -0.79% at 17721.59

The small-cap Russell 2000 index fell -7.83 points r -0.39% at 2017.39.

The top-3 capitalized stocks all fell today with Nvidia the worst of the 3:

• Nvidia fell -$4.80 or -3.54% to $130.78
• Apple fell -$4.61 or -2.15% to $209.68
• Microsoft fell -$0.64 or -0.14% to $445.70.

Microsoft is the leader of the 3 with a market capitalization at $3.31T which outpaces Nvidia and Apple with each at $3.22T currently.

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.