The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 100 points intraday after President Donald Trump called off a summit with North Korea, hitting investors with a new wave of uncertainty. News of the cancelled summit came within 30 minutes of the stock market's open, pulling down major indexes that were already showing signs of weakness. Investors had hoped the summit, which was scheduled for June 12, would ease tensions between the two countries and bring some stability to the Korean Peninsula. Instead, talks ahead of the summit stumbled after Pyongyang refused demands to denuclearize. The Dow declined 75 points, or 0.3%, to 24812 in recent trading, paring its earlier decline of more than 200 points, while the S&P 500 fell 0.2%. The Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.2%. The US gold price gained 0.9% to 1,304.10 (US$/oz).
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