Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.53%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.44%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which rose 0.92% or 2.05 points to trade at 225.03 at the close. Meanwhile, Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) added 0.48% or 0.46 points to end at 96.10 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) was up 0.33% or 0.18 points to 54.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which fell 1.97% or 2.80 points to trade at 139.06 at the close. Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) declined 1.68% or 1.39 points to end at 81.40 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) was down 1.25% or 0.86 points to 67.80.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Signet Jewelers Ltd (NYSE:SIG) which rose 23.84% to 67.68, H&R Block Inc (NYSE:HRB) which was up 3.88% to settle at 27.33 and PerkinElmer Inc (NYSE:PKI) which gained 2.79% to close at 92.60.
The worst performers were Dollar Tree Inc (NASDAQ:DLTR) which was down 15.54% to 79.78 in late trade, Electronic Arts Inc (NASDAQ:EA) which lost 9.79% to settle at 115.94 and PVH Corp (NYSE:PVH) which was down 9.57% to 141.67 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Bridgeline Digital Inc (NASDAQ:BLIN) which rose 53.40% to 1.3800, CPI Card Group Inc (NASDAQ:PMTS) which was up 38.52% to settle at 3.74 and Insys Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:INSY) which gained 34.05% to close at 10.67.
The worst performers were Cronos Group Inc (NASDAQ:CRON) which was down 28.41% to 9.1200 in late trade, GreenPro Capital Corp (NASDAQ:GRNQ) which lost 20.49% to settle at 6.000000 and Kirklands Inc (NASDAQ:KIRK) which was down 18.78% to 9.34 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1953 to 1067 and 129 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1401 fell and 1148 advanced, while 163 ended unchanged.
Shares in PerkinElmer Inc (NYSE:PKI) rose to all time highs; rising 2.79% or 2.51 to 92.60. Shares in Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) rose to all time highs; up 0.92% or 2.05 to 225.03.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 10.37% to 13.52.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.43% or 5.20 to $1206.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.92% or 0.64 to hit $70.15 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.50% or 0.39 to trade at $77.85 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.1672, while USD/JPY fell 0.58% to 111.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 94.62.