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financial news agency, october 4 (editor zhao hao)on thursday (october 3), the three major u.s. stock indexes closed collectively lower, as tensions in the middle east made investors worried.

as of the close, the dow jones index fell 0.44% to 42,011.59 points; the s&p 500 index fell 0.17% to 5,699.94 points; the nasdaq composite index fell 0.04% to 17,918.48 points.

the s&p 500 volatility index (vix), known as the "fear index", closed at 20.49, the first time it closed above the 20 mark since september 9. exceeding 20 highlights traders' growing concerns.

on the same day, in response to questions from the media, biden admitted that he was discussing with israel the option of "attacking iranian oil facilities." wti and brent both rose by more than 5% during the day, and the s&p 500 energy sector closed up 1.58%, the best performance among the 11 sectors.

investors are worried that if israel attacks key iranian assets, iran will retaliate violently and escalate the conflict, eventually involving more countries and potentially disrupting global energy transportation.

daniel ghali, senior commodity strategist at td securities, said biden's remarks were a catalyst for rising oil prices. "geopolitical risks in the middle east may be at their highest level since the gulf war."

popular stock performance

large-cap tech stocks mostly lower, (by market capitalization)appledown 0.49%,microsoftdown 0.14%;nvidiarose 3.37%, and the market value returned to above us$3 trillion;googlec fell 0.06%,amazonfell 1.52%, meta rose 1.74%,teslafell 3.36%.

oil and gas stocks mostly higher,marathon oilrose 5.72%,eog energyrose 1.92%,conocophillipsrose 1.87%,exxon mobilrose 0.87%, and chevron rose 0.20%.

in terms of chinese concept stocks, the nasdaq china golden dragon index fell 2.37%, ending five consecutive gains.

most popular chinese concept stocks fell, with fangduoduo falling 13.93%, bilibili falling 8.80%, nio falling 7.07%, xpeng motors falling 7.05%, baidu falling 5.12%, li auto falling 3.61%, and tal falling 3.47%. , alibaba fell 2.09%, tencent music fell 1.60%, jd.com fell 0.45%, and pinduoduo fell 0.06%.

futu holdings rose 8.81%, and has gained 28.37% this month; beike rose 4.64%, and new oriental rose 0.76%.

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