* U.S. stocks end lower
* Facebook falls as it faces U.S. lawsuits
* European stocks end up 0.3% (Updates with closing U.S. market levels)
By Caroline Valetkevitch
NEW YORK, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Global equity indexes fell on Wednesday as negotiations over further U.S. fiscal stimulus dragged on and the dollar rose for a fourth straight session.
All three major U.S. stock indexes ended lower, with the Nasdaq down 1.9% and leading the day's losses. of Facebook FB.O , among the biggest drags on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, fell 1.9% after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and nearly every U.S. state sued the social media company on Wednesday, saying it broke antitrust law and should potentially be broken up. were awaiting news on further U.S. economic relief as the coronavirus pandemic continued to take its toll on the economy.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said lawmakers were still looking for a path toward an agreement on COVID-19 aid, as the House of Representatives prepared to vote on a one-week funding bill to provide more time for a deal. had a pretty nice boost in the morning on speculation that we might get a new package, but it's kind of an on-again and off-again thing," said Randy Frederick, vice president of trading and derivatives for Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW) in Austin.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 105.07 points, or 0.35%, to 30,068.81, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 29.43 points, or 0.79%, to 3,672.82 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 243.82 points, or 1.94%, to 12,338.95.
The S&P 500 had hit a record high early in the session.
The pan-European STOXX 600 index .STOXX ended up 0.3%. MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe .MIWD00000PUS shed 0.46%, also hitting a record high earlier.
Positive news on COVID-19 vaccine development has been boosting stocks. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) JNJ.N this week said it could obtain late-stage trial results for a single-dose vaccine in January, earlier than expected. this week became the first Western nation to begin a wide vaccination campaign. However, Britain injected a note of caution, saying people with a history of significant allergic reactions responded adversely to the Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) PFE.N vaccine. dollar rose as stocks came under pressure. In afternoon trading, the dollar gained 0.1% against a basket of currencies =USD to 91.027. It reached an April 2018 low of 90.47 last Friday. Prime Minister Boris Johnson began a crisis meeting over dinner in Brussels with the EU's chief executive on Wednesday, hours after warning the bloc it must make concessions to clinch a Brexit trade deal and avoid a turbulent year-end breakup. GBP= was last trading at $1.3409, up 0.10% on the day.
U.S. Treasury yields rose. Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR last fell 8/32 in price to yield 0.94%, from 0.91% late on Tuesday. futures were little changed, although data showed an unexpected jump in U.S. crude stockpiles. Brent crude LCOc1 rose 2 cents to settle at $48.86 a barrel. U.S. crude CLc1 fell 8 cents, or 0.2%, to settle at $45.52. gold prices XAU= were also near flat.
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