Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.30%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.20%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), which rose 2.96% or 0.42 points to trade at 14.60 at the close. Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) added 1.18% or 0.84 points to end at 72.18 and McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) was up 0.48% or 0.77 points to 162.39 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM), which lost 2.29% or 1.88 points to trade at 80.27 in late trade. Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) declined 1.62% or 2.09 points to end at 126.61 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) shed 1.12% or 1.26 points to 111.23.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG) which rose 3.86% to 34.43, Kohl’s Corporation (NYSE:KSS) which was up 3.61% to settle at 64.51 and L Brands Inc (NYSE:LB) which gained 3.44% to close at 35.22.
The worst performers were Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE:WHR) which was down 8.28% to 151.01 in late trade, Albemarle Corp (NYSE:ALB) which lost 6.70% to settle at 95.02 and Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE:BBY) which was down 6.65% to 70.90 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Comstock Holding Companies Inc (NASDAQ:CHCI) which rose 154.95% to 5.150, Tyme Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:TYME) which was up 33.45% to settle at 3.87 and Evolus Inc (NASDAQ:EOLS) which gained 22.93% to close at 23.80.
The worst performers were Recro Pharm (NASDAQ:REPH) which was down 54.67% to 5.63 in late trade, QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ:QUIK) which lost 30.77% to settle at 1.080 and Tintri Inc (NASDAQ:TNTR) which was down 26.30% to 0.59 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1554 to 1489 and 135 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1341 fell and 1189 advanced, while 138 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.08% to 12.57 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.14% or 14.70 to $1304.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.60% or 1.15 to hit $70.69 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.24% or 0.99 to trade at $78.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.24% to 1.1724, while USD/JPY fell 0.69% to 109.31.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 93.72.