 Hello, this is Barb Yancey of Edward Jones bringing the daily financial market report on behalf of financial advisor Allison Douglas-Kinnon and Edward Jones. Today's U.S. equities closed lower. The Dow closed down 45 points at 39,119. The NASDAQ composite index was down 126 points at 17,733. And the S&P 500 was down 22 points at 5460.