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U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 1.59% By Investing.com

by Mike Robinson

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© Reuters U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 1.59%

Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the lost 1.59% to hit a new 3-months low, while the index declined 1.19%, and the index lost 0.44%.

The best performers of the session on the were Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:), which rose 0.27% or 0.72 points to trade at 271.22 at the close. Meanwhile, Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:) added 0.03% or 0.02 points to end at 75.11 and International Business Machines (NYSE:) was down 0.18% or 0.25 points to 138.93 in late trade.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc NASDAQ:, which lost 3.37% (or 1.64 points) to close at 47.07 in the closing session was the worst performer of the session. 3M Company (NYSE:) declined 3.02% or 5.46 points to end at 175.42 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:) was down 2.98% or 5.90 points to 191.97.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Perrigo Company PLC (NYSE:) which rose 8.80% to 47.33, Paychex Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 4.29% to settle at 112.48 and Electronic Arts Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 3.25% to close at 142.43.

The worst performers were CarMax Inc (NYSE:) which was down 12.63% to 127.96 in late trade, Kohls Corp (NYSE:) which lost 12.24% to settle at 47.09 and Nordstrom Inc (NYSE:) which was down 8.98% to 26.45 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Progenity Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 40.74% to 1.520, Farmmi Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 34.68% to settle at 0.4579 and Alzamend Neuro Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 34.21% to close at 3.06.

The worst performers were Elite Education Group International Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was down 36.87% to 4.110 in late trade, TDH Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 30.43% to settle at 1.280 and Kaival Brands Innovations Group Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 28.27% to 1.370 at the close.

The New York Stock Exchange saw falling stocks surpassing advancing by 2088, 1162 and 110 respectively. 106 finished unchanged while TDH Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) suffered a 30.43% loss to close at 1.280. Kaival Brands Innovations group Inc (NASDAQ.) was down 28.27% to 1.370.

Kaival Brands Innovations Group Inc. shares (NASDAQ:), fell to 52 week lows, down 28.27% (0.540 to 1.370).

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 2.57% to 23.14.

The December delivery of Gold Futures was at 2.02%, or 34.85, to $1757.75 per troy ounce. Other commodities traded included Crude oil, which rose 0.20 or 0.27 to $75.03/barrel in November, and December Brent oil, which rose 0.24 or 0.24, to $78.33/barrel.

EUR/USD fell 0.1% to 1.1579 while USD/JPY dropped 0.62% at 111.26.

US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.10% to 94.263.

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