March 13, 2018 / 11:53 AM / in 17 minutes

Wall Street falls on Tillerson exit, tariff worry

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street’s major indexes fell on Tuesday as the dismissal of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and the possibility of additional tariffs dragged down stocks across sectors.

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., March 2, 2018. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

    The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 171.99 points, or 0.68 percent, to 25,006.62, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 17.73 points, or 0.64 percent, to 2,765.29 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 77.31 points, or 1.02 percent, to 7,511.01.

    Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by James Dalgleish

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