Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.52%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.30%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which rose 2.26% or 5.50 points to trade at 248.76 at the close. The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV) added 0.99% or 1.28 points to end at 131.06 and Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) was up 0.91% or 0.49 points to 54.43 in late trade.
Biggest losers included 3M Company (NYSE:MMM), which lost 1.99% or 3.35 points to trade at 164.99 in late trade. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) declined 1.93% or 1.08 points to end at 54.78 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) shed 1.82% or 2.55 points to 137.80.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were ABIOMED Inc (NASDAQ:ABMD) which rose 14.20% to 207.58, Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) which was up 13.44% to settle at 32.33 and LKQ Corporation (NASDAQ:LKQ) which gained 7.97% to close at 33.99.
The worst performers were Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ:WDC) which was down 16.91% to 51.65 in late trade, Xylem Inc (NYSE:XYL) which lost 8.77% to settle at 76.69 and Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE:LNC) which was down 8.36% to 56.48 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Agile Thrpe (NASDAQ:AGRX) which rose 223.80% to 1.20, Eloxx Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ELOX) which was up 80.18% to settle at 6.090 and Arbutus Biopharma Corp (NASDAQ:ABUS) which gained 59.62% to close at 1.420.
The worst performers were Cocrystal Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:COCP) which was down 35.53% to 0.7350 in late trade, Sunworks Inc (NASDAQ:SUNW) which lost 33.65% to settle at 2.0900 and Merit Medical Systems Inc (NASDAQ:MMSI) which was down 29.05% to 20.66 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1791 to 1095 and 84 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1666 fell and 976 advanced, while 75 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 7.22% to 13.22.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.24% or 18.60 to $1515.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.69% or 0.93 to hit $54.13 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.04 to trade at $59.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.1152, while USD/JPY rose 0.02% to 108.04.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 97.110.