U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.14%

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

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.14%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.21%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.04%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN ), which rose 0.80% or 1.48 points to trade at 186.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX ) added 0.65% or 0.97 points to end at 150.62 and Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH ) was up 1.10% or 6.48 points to 597.70 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA ), which fell 1.84% or 2.75 points to trade at 146.62 at the close. Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD ) declined 1.47% or 6.11 points to end at 409.96 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC ) was down 1.02% or 0.24 points to 23.22.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were CrowdStrike Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:CRWD ) which rose 5.58% to 314.99, Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU ) which was up 3.92% to settle at 105.69 and The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS ) which gained 4.43% to close at 26.39.

The worst performers were First Solar Inc (NASDAQ:FSLR ) which was down 9.29% to 205.04 in late trade, Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:ENPH ) which lost 5.82% to settle at 99.19 and Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD ) which was down 4.01% to 164.17 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were JetAI Inc (NASDAQ:JTAI ) which fell 11.77% to 0.08, BloomZ Inc (NASDAQ:BLMZ ) which was up 87.36% to settle at 1.34 and XChange TECINC DRC (NASDAQ:XHG ) which gained 39.39% to close at 0.25.

The worst performers were Gritstone Oncology Inc (NASDAQ:GRTS ) which was down 68.70% to 0.06 in late trade, Inno Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:INHD ) which gained 608.82% to settle at 4.82 and Momentus Inc (NASDAQ:MNTS ) which was down 40.23% to 0.63 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1575 to 1185 and 114 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2005 fell and 1265 advanced, while 140 ended unchanged.

Shares in Boeing Co (NYSE:BA ) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.84% or 2.75 to 146.62. Shares in JetAI Inc (NASDAQ:JTAI ) fell to all time lows; down 11.77% or 0.01 to 0.08. Shares in Gritstone Oncology Inc (NASDAQ:GRTS ) fell to 5-year lows; down 68.70% or 0.14 to 0.06.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.34% to 20.93.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.87% or 22.80 to $2,648.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.25% or 2.38 to hit $75.62 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 3.30% or 2.53 to trade at $79.11 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.09, while USD/JPY fell 0.48% to 148.57.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 102.64.

Source: Investing.com