Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 3.58%, while the S&P 500 index declined 3.39%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 3.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), which rose 0.23% or 0.11 points to trade at 48.80 at the close. Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) fell 0.73% or 0.85 points to end at 115.92 and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) was down 1.02% or 1.47 points to 142.01 in late trade.
Biggest losers included United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX), which lost 9.06% or 12.60 points to trade at 126.44 in late trade. Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) declined 8.04% or 22.75 points to end at 260.37 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) shed 4.91% or 5.88 points to 113.97.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Kroger Company (NYSE:KR) which rose 8.11% to 33.47, Citrix Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CTXS) which was up 6.08% to settle at 116.46 and Smith AO Corporation (NYSE:AOS) which gained 2.61% to close at 41.63.
The worst performers were Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (NYSE:RCL) which was down 16.29% to 65.78 in late trade, Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) which lost 14.14% to settle at 27.87 and American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) which was down 13.44% to 16.04 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were The Dixie Group Inc (NASDAQ:DXYN) which rose 29.51% to 1.320, Trinity Biotech plc (NASDAQ:TRIB) which was up 28.00% to settle at 1.280 and Correvio Pharma Corp (NASDAQ:CORV) which gained 25.16% to close at 0.5000.
The worst performers were SenesTech Inc (NASDAQ:SNES) which was down 28.82% to 2.0500 in late trade, Liberty Tripadvisor Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LTRPB) which lost 23.54% to settle at 5.10 and CalAmp Corp (NASDAQ:CAMP) which was down 22.56% to 7.69 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2500 to 350 and 34 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2247 fell and 433 advanced, while 48 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 23.85% to 39.62.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.82% or 29.85 to $1672.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.67% or 0.78 to hit $46.00 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.04 to trade at $50.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1236, while USD/JPY fell 0.09% to 106.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.78% at 96.552.