Dow Drops Amid Empire State Index Surge
The Dow Jones index declined by approximately 150 points on Monday, marking a 0.31% drop to 53,564.33.
Conversely, the NASDAQ rose by 0.03% to 26,735.95, while the S&P 500 fell by 0.12% to 7,776.72.
The New York Fed's Empire State Manufacturing Index saw a significant surge in August, reaching 20.6 from 15.6 in the previous month and exceeding market estimates of 11.