US stocks end modestly lower
By Associated Press
May 28, 2015 3:11 PM CDT
FILE - This Monday, July 15, 2013 file photo shows the American flag and Wall Street street sign outside the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. Stocks are moderately lower in early trading Thursday, May 28, 2015, a day after the Nasdaq composite closed at a record high. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)   (Associated Press)

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are ending modestly lower following a sell-off in the Chinese market and concerns about an approaching deadline for Greece to make a debt payment.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 36 points, or 0.2 percent, to close at 18,126 Thursday.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index edged down two points, or 0.1 percent, to 2,120. The Nasdaq composite slipped eight points, or 0.2 percent, to 5,097.

The price of crude oil rose 17 cents to $57.68 a barrel in New York after the government reported bigger-than-expected declines in U.S. oil and gasoline supplies

Chinese shares plunged Thursday following big gains over the past three months. The Shanghai Composite dropped more than 6 percent. It's still more than double what it was a year ago.