Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.40%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.35%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), which rose 2.11% or 2.26 points to trade at 109.41 at the close. Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) added 1.69% or 0.76 points to end at 45.86 and McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) was up 1.29% or 2.32 points to 182.81 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), which lost 1.85% or 1.33 points to trade at 70.47 in late trade. DowDuPont Inc (NYSE:DWDP) declined 1.74% or 0.98 points to end at 55.26 and United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX) shed 1.64% or 2.11 points to 126.32.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Albemarle Corp (NYSE:ALB) which rose 7.79% to 89.26, Pacific Gas & Electric Co (NYSE:PCG) which was up 6.53% to settle at 19.40 and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd (NYSE:NCLH) which gained 3.39% to close at 55.520.
The worst performers were TechnipFMC PLC (NYSE:FTI) which was down 7.89% to 22.65 in late trade, Concho Resources Inc (NYSE:CXO) which lost 7.78% to settle at 103.70 and Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) which was down 5.45% to 2.600 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Immune Design Corp (NASDAQ:IMDZ) which rose 309.86% to 5.82, Zosano Pharma Corp (NASDAQ:ZSAN) which was up 171.49% to settle at 6.000 and GTX Inc (NASDAQ:GTXI) which gained 71.59% to close at 1.5100.
The worst performers were FuelCell Energy Inc (NASDAQ:FCEL) which was down 34.08% to 0.580 in late trade, Windstream Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:WIN) which lost 25.99% to settle at 0.95 and Apyx Medical Inc (NASDAQ:APYX) which was down 24.71% to 6.400 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1765 to 1210 and 135 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1443 fell and 1180 advanced, while 86 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 3.02% to 14.46.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.62% or 21.85 to $1326.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.52% or 0.30 to hit $56.86 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $66.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1335, while USD/JPY fell 0.02% to 110.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 96.495.