U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 1.01%

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

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 1.01%, while the S&P 500 index declined 1.73%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 2.53%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV ), which rose 1.13% or 2.61 points to trade at 234.46 at the close. Meanwhile, McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD ) added 0.53% or 1.54 points to end at 289.51 and Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:V ) was up 0.27% or 0.75 points to 279.37 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN ), which fell 3.65% or 6.50 points to trade at 171.39 at the close. American Express Company (NYSE:AXP ) declined 3.09% or 7.78 points to end at 244.06 and Boeing Co (NYSE:BA ) was down 2.79% or 4.53 points to 157.62.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG ) which rose 2.70% to 82.58, SBA Communications Corp (NASDAQ:SBAC ) which was up 2.20% to settle at 238.51 and Crown Castle International Corp (NYSE:CCI ) which gained 1.98% to close at 116.12.

The worst performers were Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO ) which was down 10.36% to 137.00 in late trade, Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA ) which lost 8.45% to settle at 210.73 and Albemarle Corp (NYSE:ALB ) which was down 6.90% to 76.90 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Tenon Medical Inc (NASDAQ:TNON ) which rose 549.44% to 3.92, Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust Inc (NASDAQ:WHLR ) which was up 147.58% to settle at 10.25 and BloomZ Inc (NASDAQ:BLMZ ) which gained 118.52% to close at 1.77.

The worst performers were Autozi Internet Technology (NASDAQ:AZI ) which was down 28.18% to 1.30 in late trade, Rent the Runway Inc (NASDAQ:RENT ) which lost 27.72% to settle at 10.90 and Inspire Veterinary Partners Inc (NASDAQ:IVP ) which was down 25.43% to 0.87 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2155 to 671 and 76 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2541 fell and 771 advanced, while 97 ended unchanged.

Shares in Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV ) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.13% or 2.61 to 234.46. Shares in Boeing Co (NYSE:BA ) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.79% or 4.53 to 157.62. Shares in Autozi Internet Technology (NASDAQ:AZI ) fell to all time lows; down 28.18% or 0.51 to 1.30.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 12.46% to 22.38.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.71% or 17.95 to $2,525.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.50% or 1.04 to hit $68.11 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.68% or 1.22 to trade at $71.47 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.21% to 1.11, while USD/JPY fell 0.77% to 142.34.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 101.15.

Source: Investing.com