© Reuters U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.54%
Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the fell 0.54%, while the index lost 0.58%, and the index lost 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the were Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:), which rose 2.66% or 6.94 points to trade at 267.79 at the close. Meanwhile, JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:) added 0.52% or 0.83 points to end at 161.75 and 3M Company (NYSE:) was up 0.50% or 0.98 points to 195.32 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Boeing Co (NYSE:), which fell 2.05% or 4.53 points to trade at 216.50 at the close. Nike Inc (NYSE:) declined 1.72% or 2.92 points to end at 166.92 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:) was down 1.67% or 0.81 points to 47.84.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Coty Inc (NYSE:) which rose 14.70% to 9.440, NetApp Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 4.72% to settle at 86.15 and Microchip Technology Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 2.96% to close at 155.94.
The worst performers were Dollar Tree Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 12.08% to 93.48 in late trade, Autodesk Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 9.37% to settle at 310.19 and Nordstrom Inc (NYSE:) which was down 8.45% to 28.51 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Glory Star New Media Group Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:) which rose 50.97% to 2.340, Support.com Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 41.12% to settle at 19.700 and SGOCO Group Ltd (NASDAQ:) which gained 27.50% to close at 8.160.
The worst performers were Regencell Bioscience Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was down 34.17% to 30.50 in late trade, Aditx Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 29.93% to settle at 2.130 and D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading ADR (NASDAQ:) which was down 25.37% to 8.97 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2394 to 817 and 139 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2252 fell and 1281 advanced, while 154 ended unchanged.
Shares in NetApp Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.72% or 3.88 to 86.15. Shares in Support.com Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to 5-year highs; rising 41.12% or 5.740 to 19.700. Shares in D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading ADR (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 25.37% or 3.05 to 8.97.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 12.21% to 18.84.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.15% or 2.60 to $1793.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.82% or 0.56 to hit $67.80 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.05% or 0.75 to trade at $70.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.1753, while USD/JPY rose 0.06% to 110.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 93.065.
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