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Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 1.01%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.43%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK), which rose 2.43% or 2.08 points to trade at 87.68 at the close. Meanwhile, Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) added 1.24% or 3.66 points to end at 297.93 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) was up 1.14% or 0.48 points to 42.49 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT), which fell 6.53% or 6.79 points to trade at 97.21 at the close. JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) declined 4.46% or 12.45 points to end at 266.80 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) was down 3.87% or 25.89 points to 642.26.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Hasbro Inc (NASDAQ:HAS) which rose 12.95% to 69.06, Baxter International Inc (NYSE:BAX) which was up 8.50% to settle at 33.44 and LKQ Corporation (NASDAQ:LKQ) which gained 5.96% to close at 41.75.
The worst performers were EPAM Systems Inc (NYSE:EPAM) which was down 12.80% to 225.07 in late trade, Axon Enterprise Inc (NASDAQ:AXON) which lost 8.70% to settle at 541.81 and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (NYSE:RCL) which was down 7.62% to 243.89 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Mobilehealth Network Solutions (NASDAQ:MNDR) which rose 185.08% to 0.94, Xos Inc (NASDAQ:XOS) which was up 96.54% to settle at 6.25 and Sharps Technology Inc (NASDAQ:STSS) which gained 44.77% to close at 0.52.
The worst performers were Cycurion Inc (NASDAQ:CYCU) which was down 45.79% to 1.61 in late trade, Work Medical Technology Group Ltd (NASDAQ:WOK) which lost 44.86% to settle at 1.34 and Editas Medicine Inc (NASDAQ:EDIT) which was down 35.63% to 2.06 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1573 to 1184 and 100 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2156 fell and 1116 advanced, while 151 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cycurion Inc (NASDAQ:CYCU) fell to all time lows; losing 45.79% or 1.36 to 1.61. Shares in Work Medical Technology Group Ltd (NASDAQ:WOK) fell to all time lows; falling 44.86% or 1.09 to 1.34.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 2.55% to 15.66.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.66% or 19.40 to $2,955.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.60% or 0.43 to hit $72.53 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.64% or 0.49 to trade at $76.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.78% to 1.05, while USD/JPY fell 1.23% to 149.60.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.78% at 106.23.
