The main U.S. and European stock indexes finished Thursday in the red zone amid the publication of the Federal Reserve's meeting minutes and fears about the worsening of the pandemic. Dow Jones lost 0.75%, S&P 500 - 0.86%, THE NASDAQ LOST 0.72%. As for European trading, the DAX was down 1.73%, the FTSE 100 was down 1.68% and the CAC 40 was down 2.01%. As the minutes of the June meeting of the Federal Reserve Board, released on Wednesday, showed. Federal Reserve, the regulator admits that it may start to reduce asset-buying program earlier than expected - it believes possible that the preconditions for this will appear sooner sooner than expected. According to ING, voiced in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, the minutes confirm information about the Fed's mood to to slow the pace of redemptions this year. At the same time, the regulator will be guided by economic data, according to the company. On top of that, players have growing concerns about about the worldwide spread of a new, more problematic strain coronavirus, which is gaining momentum.