U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.75%

Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the declined 0.75%, while the index lost 0.85%, and the index lost 0.96%.

The best performers of the session on the were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:), which rose 1.71% or 0.53 points to trade at 31.58 at the close. Meanwhile, Salesforce Inc (NYSE:) added 1.70% or 3.48 points to end at 208.31 and McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:) was up 0.91% or 2.32 points to 258.35 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:), which fell 2.50% or 4.20 points to trade at 163.91 at the close. Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:) declined 2.48% or 6.42 points to end at 252.80 and Walt Disney Company (NYSE:) was down 1.74% or 1.47 points to 83.21.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 16.05% to 401.77, AT&T Inc (NYSE:) which was up 6.46% to settle at 15.24 and DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc (NYSE:) which gained 3.66% to close at 81.62.

The worst performers were Genuine Parts Co (NYSE:) which was down 12.47% to 130.19 in late trade, Zions Bancorporation (NASDAQ:) which lost 9.67% to settle at 32.24 and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 9.30% to 220.11 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were SeaStar Medical Holding Corp (NASDAQ:) which rose 54.35% to 1.19, MMTEC Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 51.47% to settle at 2.06 and OUTLOOK THERAPEUTICS INC (NASDAQ:) which gained 39.92% to close at 0.66.

The worst performers were Generation Bio Co (NASDAQ:) which was down 50.21% to 1.20 in late trade, EUDA Health Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:) which lost 43.31% to settle at 0.80 and NXU Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 35.65% to 0.04 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2286 to 628 and 68 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2623 fell and 811 advanced, while 137 ended unchanged.

Shares in Genuine Parts Co (NYSE:) fell to 52-week lows; losing 12.47% or 18.54 to 130.19. Shares in Generation Bio Co (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 50.21% or 1.21 to 1.20. Shares in NXU Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to 52-week lows; down 35.65% or 0.02 to 0.04.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 11.34% to 21.40 a new 6-months high.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.89% or 17.50 to $1,985.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.46% or 2.15 to hit $89.42 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.08% or 1.90 to trade at $93.40 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.44% to 1.06, while USD/JPY fell 0.06% to 149.82.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 106.04.