U.S. stock exchanges closed with a drop, Europe – in different directions

The main US stock indices fell after Friday's growth - investors remained cautious ahead of the release of the US GDP statistics for the first quarter. Its publication will take place on Wednesday - there will be the third, final assessment, which, according to analysts' forecasts, should remain at the level of 1.5% (as was the result of the second assessment). According to the results of the trades, Dow Jones lost 0.20%, S&P 500 - 0.30%, NASDAQ - 0.72%. The uncertainty about the prospects of the American economy, high inflation and threat of recession continued to be the weakening factor, while the extension of the anti-Russian sanctions, regularly undertaken by the authorities of the country, did not help to improve the situation. European indices finished the day without any single dynamics - DAX (Germany) and FTSE 100 (Great Britain) rose by 0.52% and 0.69% respectively, CAC 40 (France) fell by 0.43%. Investors were optimistically awaiting the speech of European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, expecting to hear positive signals about the further direction of the regulator's credit and monetary policy.