Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.53%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.44%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which rose 0.92% or 2.05 points to trade at 225.03 at the close. Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) added 0.48% or 0.46 points to end at 96.10 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) was up 0.33% or 0.18 points to 54.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which lost 1.97% or 2.80 points to trade at 139.06 in late trade. Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) declined 1.68% or 1.39 points to end at 81.40 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) shed 1.25% or 0.86 points to 67.80.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Signet Jewelers Ltd (NYSE:SIG) which rose 23.84% to 67.68, H&R Block Inc (NYSE:HRB) which was up 3.88% to settle at 27.33 and PerkinElmer Inc (NYSE:PKI) which gained 2.79% to close at 92.60.
The worst performers were Dollar Tree Inc (NASDAQ:DLTR) which was down 15.54% to 79.78 in late trade, Electronic Arts Inc (NASDAQ:EA) which lost 9.79% to settle at 115.94 and PVH Corp (NYSE:PVH) which was down 9.57% to 141.67 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Bridgeline Digital Inc (NASDAQ:BLIN) which rose 53.40% to 1.3800, CPI Card Group Inc (NASDAQ:PMTS) which was up 38.52% to settle at 3.74 and Insys Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:INSY) which gained 34.05% to close at 10.67.
The worst performers were Cronos Group Inc (NASDAQ:CRON) which was down 28.41% to 9.1200 in late trade, Kelly Services B Inc (NASDAQ:KELYB) which lost 22.32% to settle at 24.050 and GreenPro Capital Corp (NASDAQ:GRNQ) which was down 20.49% to 6.000000 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1953 to 1067 and 129 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1401 fell and 1148 advanced, while 163 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 10.37% to 13.52.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.43% or 5.20 to $1206.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.94% or 0.65 to hit $70.16 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.49% or 0.38 to trade at $77.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.1672, while USD/JPY fell 0.58% to 111.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 94.62.