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

The index fell 0.47% at the close of NYSE. It declined 0.10% and lost 0.13%.

The Travelers Companies Inc. (NYSE:) was the best performer of the session, rising 1.60% or 2.56 point to close at 162.33. Walt Disney Company (NYSE:) added 1.10% or 1.71 points to end at 156.90 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:) was up 1.06% or 1.74 points to 165.52 in late trade.

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated, which lost 4.09% (or 20.04 point) to close at 469.65 was the worst performer of the session. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (NASDAQ:), fell 2.89%, or 1.56 point to close at 52.44. International Business Machines was down 2.08%, or 2.88 to 135.34.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were SVB Financial Group (NASDAQ:) which rose 7.53% to 733.29, Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (NYSE:) The stock was 7.45% higher to settle at 67.82 Citizens Financial Group Inc (NYSE:), which gained 5.55% and closed at 53.81

These were the worst performers Humana Inc (NYSE 🙂 fell 19.37% – 367.53 in late commerce. Bath Body Works Inc (NYSE 🙂 lost 6.40% to settle on 62.34 Nucor Corp (NYSE 🙂 was 4.99% lower at close to 116.60

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Eargo Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 59.65% to 7.28, Alterity Therapeutics Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was up 33.85% to settle at 1.1100 and China Natural Resources Inc (NASDAQ) saw an increase of 27.79% and closed at 0.8600.

The worst performers were Dogness International Corp Class A (NASDAQ:) which was down 61.90% to 3.3300 in late trade, Aligos Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 56.74% to settle at 4.59 and Berkeley Lights Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 39.27% to 9.88 at the close.

The New York Stock Exchange saw rising stocks surpass declining stocks by 1779, 1451, and 149 ending unchanged. On the Nasdaq Stock Exchange however, 1962 fell while 1858 was advanced and 210 finished unchanged.

Humana Inc shares fell 19.37%, or 88.30 to 367.3. Citizens Financial Group Inc (NYSE 🙂 shares rose to new highs, up 5.55% (2.83 to 53.81). Shares in Aligos Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 56.74% or 6.02 to 4.59. Shares in Berkeley Lights Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; down 39.27% or 6.39 to 9.88.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.61% to 19.61.

The February delivery of Gold Futures was lower by 1.88%, or 34.30, to $1790.80 per troy ounce. Other commodities traded included Crude oil, which rose 1.82 percent to reach $79.67/barrel, and March Brent oil, which rose 0.01 percent to trade at $92.07.

EUR/USD rose 0.5% to 1.1297 while USD/JPY rose by 0.03% at 115.85.

At 96.245, the US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.07%.