U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.43%

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

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.43%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.89%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 1.63%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM ), which rose 0.95% or 2.03 points to trade at 216.63 at the close. Meanwhile, American Express Company (NYSE:AXP ) added 0.59% or 1.46 points to end at 247.76 and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ ) was up 0.57% or 0.92 points to 162.35 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC ), which fell 6.12% or 1.31 points to trade at 20.10 at the close. Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN ) declined 2.21% or 3.98 points to end at 176.13 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT ) was down 2.03% or 8.59 points to 415.55.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Franklin Resources Inc (NYSE:BEN ) which rose 4.55% to 20.68, Nordson Corporation (NASDAQ:NDSN ) which was up 3.33% to settle at 256.03 and CenterPoint Energy Inc (NYSE:CNP ) which gained 3.06% to close at 26.94.

The worst performers were Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA ) which was down 6.47% to 81.04 in late trade, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC ) which lost 6.12% to settle at 20.10 and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA ) which was down 5.65% to 210.66 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Staffing 360 Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:STAF ) which rose 155.00% to 3.06, Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc (NASDAQ:FFIE ) which was up 123.96% to settle at 8.04 and GD Culture Group Ltd (NASDAQ:GDC ) which gained 97.71% to close at 7.75.

The worst performers were Revelation Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:REVB ) which was down 40.19% to 1.25 in late trade, Vision Marine Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:VMAR ) which lost 30.00% to settle at 4.20 and Holdco Nuvo Group DG Ltd (NASDAQ:NUVO ) which was down 27.03% to 0.27 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1894 to 932 and 93 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2229 fell and 1080 advanced, while 131 ended unchanged.

Shares in Vision Marine Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:VMAR ) fell to all time lows; losing 30.00% or 1.80 to 4.20. Shares in GD Culture Group Ltd (NASDAQ:GDC ) rose to 52-week highs; up 97.71% or 3.83 to 7.75. Shares in Holdco Nuvo Group DG Ltd (NASDAQ:NUVO ) fell to all time lows; falling 27.03% or 0.10 to 0.27.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 7.87% to 17.55.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.08% or 27.55 to $2,519.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.40% or 1.01 to hit $72.94 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.39% or 1.06 to trade at $77.11 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.37% to 1.11, while USD/JPY rose 0.75% to 146.35.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.51% at 101.42.

Source: Investing.com