US stocks closed sharply lower on Monday, with financials and health care lagging, as market watchers kept a close eye on a key OPEC meeting and looked ahead to a US presidential debate.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 166.62 points, or 0.91%, to close at 18,094.83, with Goldman Sachs leading decliners and Procter & Gamble and Apple as the only advancers.

The S&P 500 dropped 18.59 points, or 0.86%, to end at 2,146.10, with financials leading 10 sectors lower and real estate the only riser. The Nasdaq closed 48.26 points lower, or 0.91%, at 5,257.49.  The dollar fell 0.19% against a basket of currencies, with the euro near $1.126 and the yen around 100.25.

Source : XINHUA