The S&P 500 sank 5.3 percent on outgoing President Barack Obamas inauguration day and fell 20.4 percent in the first 34 trading days of his administration, bottoming on March 9, 2009. The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI closed down 72.32 points, or 0.37 percent, to 19,732.4, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 8.2 points, or 0.36 percent, to 2,263.69 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC fell 15.57 points, or 0.28 percent, to 5,540.08. The euro EUR= clawed back losses against the dollar in choppy trade and was last up 0.25 percent after falling as much as 0.4 percent after Draghi’s comments.
Trump, Brexit uncertainty hit stocks and dollar, gold jumps – Reuters
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