Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.94%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.92%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM), which rose 0.39% or 0.89 points to trade at 231.45 at the close. McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) added 0.34% or 0.78 points to end at 233.04 and Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:V) was up 0.07% or 0.15 points to 227.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW), which lost 6.01% or 3.90 points to trade at 60.92 in late trade. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) declined 2.72% or 1.47 points to end at 52.58 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) shed 2.12% or 3.19 points to 147.35.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Equifax Inc (NYSE:EFX) which rose 15.06% to 221.64, Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ:TSCO) which was up 4.43% to settle at 188.14 and AT&T Inc (NYSE:T) which gained 4.15% to close at 31.36.
The worst performers were Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ:HBAN) which was down 6.77% to 14.45 in late trade, Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) which lost 6.01% to settle at 60.92 and LyondellBasell Industries NV (NYSE:LYB) which was down 5.66% to 102.00 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Ocugen, Inc (NASDAQ:OCGN) which rose 42.77% to 9.2800, Codiak BioSciences Inc (NASDAQ:CDAK) which was up 35.41% to settle at 15.87 and Qualtrics International Inc (NASDAQ:XM) which gained 22.92% to close at 41.57.
The worst performers were Evolus Inc (NASDAQ:EOLS) which was down 18.94% to 9.50 in late trade, Tiptree Inc (NASDAQ:TIPT) which lost 13.01% to settle at 12.37 and Sleep Number Corp (NASDAQ:SNBR) which was down 11.92% to 110.04 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1944 to 1115 and 103 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1625 fell and 1541 advanced, while 115 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 6.91% to 18.71.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.54% or 9.65 to $1783.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.47% or 0.29 to hit $61.64 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.37% or 0.24 to trade at $65.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.2014, while USD/JPY fell 0.04% to 108.00.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 91.278.