Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.29%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.53%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 1.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT), which rose 2.30% or 3.13 points to trade at 139.29 at the close. Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) added 1.77% or 4.05 points to end at 232.64 and International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) was up 1.67% or 2.07 points to 125.93 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which lost 4.53% or 8.96 points to trade at 188.85 in late trade. Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM) declined 2.68% or 5.64 points to end at 204.75 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) shed 1.92% or 0.94 points to 47.93.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Kroger Company (NYSE:KR) which rose 11.61% to 55.10, Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE:BBY) which was up 9.22% to settle at 110.14 and Brown Forman (NYSE:BFb) which gained 7.08% to close at 69.41.
The worst performers were EPAM Systems Inc (NYSE:EPAM) which was down 13.13% to 212.98 in late trade, IPG Photonics Corporation (NASDAQ:IPGP) which lost 9.08% to settle at 114.00 and Match Group Inc (NASDAQ:MTCH) which was down 5.71% to 102.99 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were DBV Technologies (NASDAQ:DBVT) which rose 34.62% to 1.75, Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp (NASDAQ:TNXP) which was up 33.07% to settle at 0.25 and Apptech Corp (NASDAQ:APCX) which gained 28.04% to close at 1.37.
The worst performers were NuCana PLC (NASDAQ:NCNA) which was down 59.18% to 1.20 in late trade, VEON Ltd (NASDAQ:VEON) which lost 41.19% to settle at 0.26 and Grab Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:GRAB) which was down 37.28% to 3.28 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1836 to 1360 and 158 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2569 fell and 1254 advanced, while 237 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.85% to 30.48.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.83% or 16.00 to $1,938.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 2.30% or 2.54 to hit $108.06 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.21% or 0.23 to trade at $110.64 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.11, while USD/JPY rose 0.00% to 115.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 97.74.