The Dow Jones index dropped 0.59% to 33,562.60 points, the tech-dominated Nasdaq gave up 0.09% to 13,229.43 points and the S&P 500 fell 0.20% to 4,273.75 points.

Among the few macroeconomic data of the week, the index of activity in services in the United States disappointed which dulled the tone of the session.

Activity in services barely increased in May, with the ISM index standing at 50.3%, less than expected and at a slower pace than in April (51.9%).

"The services sector is finally showing signs of weakness (...), which could become even more noticeable in the coming months," said Edward Moya of Oanda.

On the other hand, industrial orders rose by 0.4% in April, half of the expected growth and less than in March (0.6%).

On the stock market, Apple had the wind in its sails in the first part of the session in the feverish expectation of a product announcement, which further climbed the first market capitalization to a new all-time high of $ 2.846 billion.

But the title has slightly turned edge (-0.76%) after the announcement by Apple of the launch on the market at the beginning of next year of the Vision Pro, a mixed virtual reality headset (virtual and augmented) marketed at $ 3,500.

Given the price, analysts estimate that 150,000 helmets will be delivered in the first year, estimates Dan Ives of Wedbush.

"Vision Pro is a new type of computer that augments reality by seamlessly blending the real and the digital," said Apple CEO Tim Cook.

This is the largest product launch for Apple since the brand unveiled its smartwatch, the Apple Watch, in 2015.

Meta fell 0.45%, with Facebook's parent company being Apple's big competitor in the metaverse, where its headsets priced from $500 hold 80% of the market.

Overall, Wall Street indexes have been the victim of "profit-taking after last week's jump," said Peter Cardillo of Spartan Capital.

On Friday, the Nasdaq had finished at its highest closing level in 13 months, while the S&P 500 had not experienced these heights at the end of the session for 9 months.

Amazon (+0.85%), Tesla (+1.70%), Alphabet (+1.12%) remained largely in the green on Monday.

Microprocessor giant Intel fell 4.63% as Apple will equip its new Mac Pro computer with its own M2 Ultra processor.

Cheap goods chain Dollar General fell 4.36 percent after Morgan Stanley downgraded its share appreciation.

The decision of the US securities regulator SEC to sue Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange, for circumventing regulation has shaken up the assets of the cryptocurrency world.

Bitcoin lost more than 6% to $ 25,609 around 20:40 GMT.

On Wall Street, the platform Coinbase, which is also threatened with being sued by the SEC, collapsed from 9.05% to 58.71%.

Robinhood, the brokerage app that also offers to invest in cryptoassets, fell 3.32%.

On the bond market, yields eased at the margin, with the 10-year yield standing at 3.68% against 3.69%.

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