Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 2.78%, while the S&P 500 index lost 3.51%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 4.96%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ), which rose 0.13% or 0.08 points to trade at 60.61 at the close. Meanwhile, American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) added 0.06% or 0.06 points to end at 104.46 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) was down 0.22% or 0.08 points to 37.09 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which fell 8.01% or 10.52 points to trade at 120.88 at the close. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) declined 6.19% or 14.35 points to end at 217.30 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) was down 4.38% or 12.57 points to 274.63.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Macy’s Inc (NYSE:M) which rose 7.94% to 7.61, Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) which was up 5.21% to settle at 17.58 and Invesco Plc (NYSE:IVZ) which gained 4.80% to close at 11.14.
The worst performers were Qorvo Inc (NASDAQ:QRVO) which was down 9.82% to 121.44 in late trade, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) which lost 9.28% to settle at 520.62 and Fortinet Inc (NASDAQ:FTNT) which was down 8.97% to 120.70 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Shiloh Industries Inc (NASDAQ:SHLO) which rose 99.93% to 0.59, Ikonics Corporation (NASDAQ:IKNX) which was up 24.14% to settle at 3.96 and Ocugen, Inc (NASDAQ:OCGN) which gained 23.92% to close at 0.3829.
The worst performers were Akebia Ther (NASDAQ:AKBA) which was down 73.50% to 2.65 in late trade, Supercom Lt (NASDAQ:SPCB) which lost 21.52% to settle at 0.9261 and Addex Therapeutics Ltd (NASDAQ:ADXN) which was down 20.75% to 11.65 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2458 to 602 and 83 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2316 fell and 540 advanced, while 61 ended unchanged.
Shares in Akebia Ther (NASDAQ:AKBA) fell to all time lows; losing 73.50% or 7.35 to 2.65.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 26.46% to 33.60 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.36% or 7.00 to $1937.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.55% or 0.23 to hit $41.28 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $44.00 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1850, while USD/JPY fell 0.00% to 106.17.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 92.770.