Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Technology and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.34%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.57%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were American Express Company (NYSE:AXP), which rose 7.59% or 7.22 points to trade at 102.37 at the close. General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) added 2.42% or 0.33 points to end at 13.99 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) was up 2.20% or 2.40 points to 111.72 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), which lost 3.27% or 2.53 points to trade at 74.95 in late trade. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) declined 2.83% or 5.04 points to end at 172.80 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) shed 2.59% or 1.39 points to 52.22.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) which rose 7.59% to 102.37, Snap-On Incorporated (NYSE:SNA) which was up 6.23% to settle at 152.59 and Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE:BK) which gained 5.70% to close at 55.24.
The worst performers were Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE:PM) which was down 15.58% to 85.64 in late trade, Align Technology Inc (NASDAQ:ALGN) which lost 8.76% to settle at 252.78 and Lam Research Corp (NASDAQ:LRCX) which was down 6.57% to 190.39 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Aytu BioScience Inc (NASDAQ:AYTU) which rose 15.28% to 0.6110, Eyepoint Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:EYPT) which was up 15.13% to settle at 1.750 and Bio Path Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:BPTH) which gained 14.46% to close at 1.900.
The worst performers were Argos Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ARGS) which was down 69.29% to 0.34 in late trade, Aceto Corporation (NASDAQ:ACET) which lost 64.05% to settle at 2.66 and Inpixon (NASDAQ:INPX) which was down 34.41% to 0.6100 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2067 to 977 and 142 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1542 fell and 993 advanced, while 139 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 3.01% to 16.07.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.38% or 5.10 to $1348.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.44% or 0.30 to hit $68.17 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.24% or 0.18 to trade at $73.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.18% to 1.2351, while USD/JPY rose 0.13% to 107.37.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 89.60.