Dow Jones Today: Stock Indexes Close Lower to Begin December Trading; Big Tech, Crypto-Tied Shares Drop Amid Risk-Off Sentiment

Bitcoin was trading around $85,500 at 4 p.m. ET, well off its overnight high of more than $91,300, and other major cryptocurrencies like Ethereum and Solana also sold off sharply. CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP via Getty Images Close Major stock indexes pulled back as the final trading month of the year began, with shares of big tech and cryptocurrency-tied firms falling amid risk-off sentiment. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average, benchmark S&P 500, and tech-heavy Nasdaq closed down 0.9%, 0.5%, and 0.4 ...