U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 1.15% By Investing.com

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 declined 1.15%, while the index lost 1.02%, and the index lost 0.68%.

The best performers of the session on the were Chevron Corp (NYSE:), which rose 1.77% or 2.81 points to trade at 161.34 at the close. Meanwhile, Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:) added 0.25% or 0.44 points to end at 178.82 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:) was up 0.18% or 0.53 points to 290.38 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were 3M Company (NYSE:), which fell 3.52% or 4.05 points to trade at 111.12 at the close. International Business Machines (NYSE:) declined 2.79% or 3.51 points to end at 122.23 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:) was down 2.74% or 0.91 points to 32.25.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were DexCom Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 4.53% to 95.21, APA Corporation (NASDAQ:) which was up 4.15% to settle at 42.20 and Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:) which gained 4.04% to close at 70.48.

The worst performers were Carnival Corporation (NYSE:) which was down 6.19% to 6.97 in late trade, SolarEdge Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 5.96% to settle at 220.27 and Generac Holdings Inc (NYSE:) which was down 5.59% to 168.69 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Green Giant Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 161.11% to 1.88, Atlis Motor Vehicles Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 95.45% to settle at 24.49 and InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:) which gained 83.03% to close at 7.98.

The worst performers were Jowell Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:) which was down 45.36% to 1.53 in late trade, Cyclerion Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 37.57% to settle at 0.59 and Top Ships Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 35.22% to 6.40 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2114 to 994 and 122 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2116 fell and 1636 advanced, while 227 ended unchanged.

Shares in Generac Holdings Inc (NYSE:) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.59% or 9.99 to 168.69.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 6.90% to 30.52.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.07% or 1.20 to $1,722.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.29% or 1.13 to hit $88.89 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.56% or 1.46 to trade at $94.83 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.86% to 0.98, while USD/JPY rose 0.34% to 145.13.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.03% at 112.15.