A down day for the US stocks as equity markets take a breather

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The major stock indice are closing lower with the small cap Russell 2000 and the Dow 30, fairing the worst. The final numbers are showing: Dow industrial average fell modestly and 43.36 points or -0.52% the 46358.42S&P index fell -18.61 points or -0.28% at 6735.11NASDAQ index fell -18.75 points or -0.08% the 23024.63Russell 2000 fell 15.14 points or -0.61% 2468.84Looking at the Dow 30, Boeing tumble -4.14%, and Travelers, Honeywell and 3M all fell over 2% on the dayBoeing (BA): -9.32 (-4.14%)Travelers (TRV): -8.35 (-2.95%)Honeywell (HON): -5.62 (-2.68%)3M (MMM): -3.16 (-2.03%)Apple (AAPL): -4.02 (-1.56%)Home Depot (HD): -5.99 (-1.56%)Nike (NKE): -1.03 (-1.49%)Chevron (CVX): -2.10 (-1.37%)Sherwin-Williams (SHW): -4.35 (-1.29%)Visa (V): -4.34 (-1.24%)Verizon (VZ): -0.48 (-1.15%)Walmart (WMT): -1.15 (-1.11%)Some other 2% decliners today outside of the Dow include:Dell Tech (DELL): -8.58 (-5.21%)Boeing (BA): -9.32 (-4.14%)Alibaba ADR (BABA): -7.44 (-4.11%)Rtx Corp (RTX): -6.39 (-3.79%)Whirlpool (WHR): -2.68 (-3.47%)Uber Tech (UBER): -3.27 (-3.29%)Strategy (MSTR): -10.61 (-3.21%)Paramount Skydance (PSKY): -0.53 (-2.86%)Tapestry (TPR): -3.33 (-2.85%)Schlumberger (SLB): -0.84 (-2.47%)Southwest Airlines (LUV): -0.75 (-2.31%)Micron (MU): -4.21 (-2.14%)Stellantis NV (STLA): -0.23 (-2.13%)Papa John’s (PZZA): -0.90 (-2.08%)Mastercard (MA): -11.89 (-2.06%)Ford Motor (F): -0.24 (-2.04%)DoorDash (DASH): -5.61 (-2.00%)Finally, some 2% gainers today, includedNebius NV (NBIS): +10.64 (+8.72%)Delta Air Lines (DAL): +2.45 (+4.29%)Zoom Video (ZM): +2.87 (+3.59%)United Airlines (UAL): +3.28 (+3.34%)Costco (COST): +28.08 (+3.07%)Oracle (ORCL): +8.33 (+2.89%)Arm (ARM): +3.88 (+2.33%)Chewy (CHWY): +0.87 (+2.27%)Meta Platforms (META): +15.67 (+2.18%)Celsius (CELH): +1.35 (+2.15%)Salesforce (CRM): +4.90 (+2.04%) This article was written by Greg Michalowski at investinglive.com.