Trading Days: Percent and European Equities

trading days: US stocks suffered big losses Tuesday as Alcoa kicked off the third quarter earnings season by missing estimates on both the top and bottom line, according to Global Times China. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 200.38 points, or 1.09 percent, to 18,128.66. The Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.22 percent to close at 3,058.5 points on Wednesday, ending rises for four consecutive trading days. European equities also fell Tuesday. Chinese steel firms led declines on Wednesday. The German benchmark DAX index on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange fell 0.44 percent, while British FTSE 100 Index dipped 0.38 percent. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.