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U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.01% -Breaking

by Mike Robinson

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© Reuters. Stocks in the United States are lower after close of trade. Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 0.01%

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

The index dropped 0.96% at the closing of NYSE.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc, NASDAQ: was among the top performers. It rose by 2.67% to 53.84 (close), or 1.40 point. The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE) gained 2.41%, or 3.91 points, to close at 166.24. Honeywell International Inc was also up 2.34%, or 4.93 points, to 215.75.

These were the worst performers of the session. Home Depot Inc (NYSE :), fell 2.99% or 12.15 point to trade at 393.61 at the closing. Nike Inc (NYSE.) lost 2.53% (or 4.07 points) to finish at 156.97. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated(NYSE.) dropped 2.35%, or 11.05 to 458.60.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Discovery Inc Class A (NASDAQ:) which rose 16.87% to 30.06, Discovery Communications C Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 16.80% to settle at 29.34 and ViacomCBS Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 8.16% to close at 35.39.

DR Horton Inc. (NYSE:), which fell 6.17% to 95.24 late trade in the worst performing stocks Etsy Inc (NASDAQ:), which dropped 5.99% to settle at 85.15 Xilinx Inc (NASDAQ:), which fell 5.38% to 193.07 by the end.

These were the top performers in the NASDAQ Composite China HGS Real Estate Inc (NASDAQ) grew 57.47%, to 3.480 ATA Inc (NASDAQ: ) This was an increase of 33.33% and settled at 2.640 Marin Software Inc (NASDAQ:), which saw a 31.30% increase to close at 4.53

The worst performers were Siyata Mobile Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 42.11% to 1.870 in late trade, Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ:), which dropped 21.44% and settled at 16.090 Kura Sushi USA Inc (NASDAQ:), which fell 20.46% at close to 55.68

On the New York Stock Exchange, rising stocks outnumbered those in decline by 1671, 1538, and 155 ended unchanged.

The shares of The Travelers Companies Inc. (NYSE:), rose to new highs, rising 2.41% (3.91 to 166.24). China HGS Real Estate Inc NASDAQ: rose to five-year highs. It rose 57.47%, or 1.270 to 4.480. Shares in Siyata Mobile Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 42.11% or 1.360 to 1.870.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.33% to 18.76.

The February delivery of Gold Futures was higher by 0.39%, or 7.05 to $1796.25 per troy ounce. In commodities trading, crude oil delivery for February dropped 0.57 percent or $0.57 to reach $78.89 per barrel. The March Brent oil contract, however, fell 0.26 or 0.21 and traded at $81.78 per barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.2% at 1.1361, USD/JPY declined 0.2% to 115.54

US Dollar Index Futures were down 0.6% at 95.735

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