The US stock markets fell on Monday amid concerns over how badly the omicron variant, inflation and other forces will hit the economy. The S&P 500 fell its third straight drop. Major Wall Street indices - S&P, Dow Jones, Nasdaq Russell 2000 - fell over 1 percent. The decline in the US markets followed similar drops across Europe and Asia.

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US stock markets closing on Monday:

The S&P 500 fell 52.62 points, or 1.1%, to 4,568.02.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 433.28 points, or 1.2%, to 34,932.16.

The Nasdaq fell 188.74 points, or 1.2%, to 14,980.94.

The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 34.06 points, or 1.6%, to 2,139.87.

For the year:

The S&P 500 is up 811.95 points, or 21.6%.

The Dow is up 4,325.68 points, or 14.1%.

The Nasdaq is up 2,092.66 points, or 16.2%.

The Russell 2000 is up 165.02 points, or 8.4%.

-With agency inputs

First Published:Dec 21, 2021 6:51 AM IST