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U.S. shares lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.31%

Published 23/09/2015, 21:25
Updated 23/09/2015, 21:25
© Reuters. U.S. shares lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.31%

© Reuters. U.S. shares lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.31%

Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.31%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.20%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.08%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE), which rose 1.12% or 0.36 points to trade at 32.62 at the close. Visa Inc (NYSE:V) added 1.00% or 0.70 points to end at 70.95 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) was up 0.81% or 0.92 points to 114.32 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which lost 2.06% or 1.48 points to trade at 70.20 in late trade. Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) declined 1.73% or 2.32 points to end at 131.67 and Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) shed 1.46% or 1.13 points to 76.12.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Tesoro Corporation (NYSE:TSO) which rose 4.90% to 98.98, Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) which was up 3.43% to settle at 51.50 and AutoZone Inc (NYSE:AZO) which gained 2.50% to close at 746.23.

The worst performers were CONSOL Energy Inc (NYSE:CNX) which was down 8.63% to 11.01 in late trade, CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE:CF) which lost 6.58% to settle at 47.74 and Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE:SWN) which was down 6.07% to 13.31 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Abengoa SA (NASDAQ:ABGB) which rose 25.06% to 5.39, Methes Energies International Ltd (NASDAQ:MEIL) which was up 24.97% to settle at 0.500 and Concert Pha (NASDAQ:CNCE) which gained 23.14% to close at 22.46.

The worst performers were PhotoMedex Inc (NASDAQ:PHMD) which was down 34.67% to 0.52 in late trade, TigerLogic Corporation (NASDAQ:TIGR) which lost 27.80% to settle at 0.260 and Daegis Inc (NASDAQ:DAEG) which was down 26.23% to 0.450 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1596 to 946 and 2 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1442 fell and 1139 advanced, while 33 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 1.78% to 22.04.

In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.44% or 4.90 to $1129.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 3.56% or 1.65 to hit $44.71 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 2.58% or 1.26 to trade at $47.81 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.48% to 1.1181, while USD/JPY rose 0.09% to 120.26.

The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 96.40.

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