Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.47%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.84%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 1.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), which rose 2.56% or 0.93 points to trade at 37.21 at the close. Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) added 2.56% or 1.27 points to end at 50.97 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) was up 1.83% or 2.76 points to 153.87 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS), which lost 2.92% or 5.85 points to trade at 194.83 in late trade. Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM) declined 2.42% or 6.07 points to end at 244.53 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) shed 1.88% or 2.23 points to 116.36.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Mosaic Co (NYSE:MOS) which rose 6.41% to 19.26, MetLife Inc (NYSE:MET) which was up 4.49% to settle at 39.32 and General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) which gained 4.44% to close at 7.05.
The worst performers were Illumina Inc (NASDAQ:ILMN) which was down 7.58% to 298.02 in late trade, American Tower Corp (NYSE:AMT) which lost 4.77% to settle at 250.73 and NetApp Inc (NASDAQ:NTAP) which was down 4.28% to 43.18 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Cardiff Oncology Inc (NASDAQ:CRDF) which rose 39.59% to 8.110, Herman Miller Inc (NASDAQ:MLHR) which was up 33.48% to settle at 34.55 and Ebang International Holdings (NASDAQ:EBON) which gained 32.54% to close at 10.59.
The worst performers were Dave & Buster’s Entertainment (NASDAQ:PLAY) which was down 26.13% to 14.12 in late trade, Qurate Retail Inc Series B (NASDAQ:QRTEB) which lost 23.96% to settle at 12.47 and Nano X Imaging Ltd (NASDAQ:NNOX) which was down 23.64% to 28.10 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1860 to 1191 and 104 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1574 fell and 1235 advanced, while 117 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 1.61% to 26.46.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.96% or 19.00 to $1951.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.04% or 0.82 to hit $40.98 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.03 to trade at $43.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.01% to 1.1845, while USD/JPY rose 0.01% to 104.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 92.918.