The US stock market indices registered a decline at the close of the trading session on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 142.29 points, to 0.42%, to close at 33966.35 points, and the Standard & Poor's 500 index closed, down 24.33 points, to 0.61%, by 3995.32 points. The Nasdaq Composite Index declined by 85.92 points, to 0.76%, or 11,170.89 points.