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U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 1.07% -Breaking

by Mike Robinson

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© Reuters U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 1.07%

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

The index dropped 3.34% at the close in NYSE.

The best performers of the session on the were Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:), which rose 2.43% or 1.87 points to trade at 78.88 at the close. In the late trading, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ.) was up 0.73 percent to 53.87. Walmart Inc. (NYSE.) was up 1.35% to 143.92.

Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE) was the worst performer of the session, falling 8.28% or 20.56 point to close at 227.57.67. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ.:) dropped 3.84% (12.63 points) to finish at 316.38. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ.:) ended the session down 2.66% (4.78 points) to 174.92.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Nucor Corp (NYSE:) which rose 4.83% to 122.72, Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:) which was up 2.43% to settle at 78.88 and AT&T Inc (NYSE:) which gained 2.22% to close at 26.21.

These were the worst performers Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:), which fell 11.82% at 157.20 in trade late, Salesforce.com Inc. (NYSE:), which lost 8.28% and settled at 227.67 Paycom Soft (NYSE:) The close was 7.93% lower at 360.78

Lixte Biotechnology Holdings Inc was the top-performing company on the NASDAQ Composite, rising 63.70% to 2.210. Mainz Biomed BV (NASDAQ:), which rose 46.39% to reach 15.21. BTCS Inc, (NASDAQ:), gained 43.89% and closed at 4.3600.

The worst performers were Annexon Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 34.06% to 7.26 in late trade, Applied Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:), which dropped 23.54% to settle for 4.45 Monte Rosa Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:), which fell 22.62%, to 15.63 by the end.

The New York Stock Exchange saw falling stocks surpass advancing by 2624 to 644, while 124 ended unchanged. On the Nasdaq Stock Exchange 3033 was down and 823 were up, while 171 ended the same.

Shares in Annexon Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; down 34.06% or 3.75 to 7.26. Mainz Biomed Bv (NASDAQ): shares rose to record highs. They rose 46.39%, or 4.82 to 5.21. Applied Therapeutics Inc. shares (NASDAQ) plunged to new lows, falling 23.54% to 1.37 to 4.45. Monte Rosa Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:), shares fell 22.62%, or 4.57 to 15.63.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 16.68% to 19.73.

For February delivery, gold futures fell by 0.23 percent or 4.10 to $1810.50 an troy ounce. Other commodities traded included Crude oil, which rose 0.3% to reach $77.22/barrel in February, and March Brent oil, which rose 0.09 or 0.01 to trade at $80.22/barrel.

EUR/USD was stable at 1.1313, but USD/JPY increased 0.00%, to 116.11.

US Dollar Index Futures were down 0.1% at 96.175.

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