On Tuesday pessimistic sentiment prevailed on the world stock markets - the main US and European indices closed with fall. Players are worried about the threat of default in the United States - fears increased after the recent comments of U.S. Treasury Secretary Jennet Yellen that the U.S. will become insolvent on June 1, if the public debt limit will not be expanded. Prime agency writes about it. In addition, investors are waiting for the outcome of the Fed meeting, which will be known this evening.

As of the end of the day, the Dow Jones and NASDAQ were down 1.08% each, the S&P 500 - 1.16%, NASDAQ - . German DAX and British FTSE 100 lost 1.28% each, French CAC 40 - 1.45%.

In Europe the economic statistics also had a negative impact. In particular, the business activity index for the industrial sector in April fell by 1.5 points against the previous month, reaching 45.8 points. The index value below 50 indicates the slowdown of economic activity. The oil market reacted by falling as it might hit demand, with Brent falling below $76 a barrel, last seen at the end of March.