In the early morning of the 27th Beijing time, U. S. stocks closed down on Thursday, the market mood was cautious, the Nasdaq and the S & P 500 ended five consecutive trading days of gains. Investors are waiting for Fed officials to state their latest position on tapering its bond-buying program, with two hawkish Fed members urging it to start as soon as possible.

The Dow fell 192.38 points, or 0.54%, to 35213.12; the Nasdaq fell 96.05 points, or 0.64%, to 14945.81; and the S & P 500 fell 26.27 points, or 0.58%, to 4469.92.

On Thursday morning, the Nasdaq rose as high as 15059.63 points, an all-time high.

Investors are waiting for Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to speak at an online meeting of the central bank in Jackson Hole and pay attention to the request for unemployment benefits at the beginning of last week and the second-quarter GDP waiting for economic data.

Economic data released in the United States on Thursday failed to boost market sentiment. The number of initial jobless claims in the United States rose to more than expected last week to 353000. GDP growth in the second quarter was revised up to 6.6%, which was lower than that of Dow Jones.6.7% of what the market expects.

Tesla, Inc., the champion of US stock turnover on Thursday.It closed down 1.4% to $9.24 billion. According to cleantechnica's continuous data on dozens of Tesla, Inc. markets around the world, by the end of the second quarter of 2021, Tesla, Inc. Model3's global delivery volume reached 1031588, making it the first electric vehicle in the world to sell more than one million vehicles.

Seventh place in FTSEIt closed 2.7% higher, with a deal of $5.13 billion. Revenue for the second quarter was $6.34 billion, up 23% from a year earlier and exceeding Wall Street's previous forecast of $6.25 billion; net profit was $535 million, compared with $2.625 billion in the same period last year; and diluted earnings per share were $0.56, compared with $2.85 in the same period last year.

The eighth AMC cinema chain closed down 8.3%, with a turnover of US $4.63 billion. The retail hot stock closed down for the second day in a row after closing more than 20 per cent higher on Tuesday.

In ninth place, Snowflake Inc closed 7.6% higher, with a turnover of US $3.92 billion. Snowflake Inc's second-quarter revenue was $272 million, up 104% from a year earlier and exceeding market expectations of $257 million; a net loss of $190 million, compared with a loss of $77.634 million in the same period last year; and a diluted loss per share of $0.64, compared with a loss of $1.31 per share in the same period last year.

As of July 31, 2021, Snowflake Inc's revenue retention rate was 169%. The company currently has 4990 customers, of which 116 have generated more than $1 million in product revenue over the past 12 months.

No. 12 BabaIt closed down 2.3% to $3.11 billion. According to reports, BABA has become one of the hot stocks discussed in the WSB group of the Reddit forum gathered by retail investors in the United States. There are many popular posts bullish on BABA on the front page of the forum. BABA has fallen for two days in a row after closing up 6.6 per cent on Tuesday.

Cassava Sciences (SAVA), the 17th Alzheimer's drug developer, fell 12.4% to $1.84 billion. The meme stock, which is highly sought after by retail investors, tumbled 31.4% on Wednesday.

A former US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawyer filed a citizen petition claiming that the company has been on the market for more than 20 years without any products on the market, questioning the quality and integrity of its published results of experimental drugs for Alzheimer's disease.

18th Boeing CoThe company closed down 2.1% on a turnover of $1.82 billion. The Indian government lifted the ban on Boeing Co's 737 Max aircraft.

The 20th Dollar Tree closed down 12.1%, with a turnover of US $1.76 billion. The company earned $1.23 a share in the second quarter, above the average analyst estimate of $1. But its revenue was $6.34 billion, below analysts' expectations of $6.45 billion.

The following are the 20 most actively traded stocks of the day (by turnover):

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