Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 1.48%, while the S&P 500 index lost 1.15%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 1.04%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ), which rose 0.55% or 0.26 points to trade at 48.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 111.92 and Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 43.22 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX), which fell 2.85% or 3.84 points to trade at 130.90 at the close. Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) declined 2.89% or 10.48 points to end at 351.73 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) was down 2.57% or 1.26 points to 48.03.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Range Resources Corporation (NYSE:RRC) which rose 3.95% to 13.81, NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG) which was up 3.87% to settle at 26.86 and Nucor Corporation (NYSE:NUE) which gained 3.78% to close at 67.87.
The worst performers were Patterson Companies Inc (NASDAQ:PDCO) which was down 28.02% to 22.73 in late trade, Monster Beverage 1990 Corp (NASDAQ:MNST) which lost 13.95% to settle at 54.53 and L Brands Inc (NYSE:LB) which was down 11.72% to 43.55 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Tenax Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:TENX) which rose 159.27% to 12.030, Jason Industries Inc (NASDAQ:JASN) which was up 24.20% to settle at 2.720 and MagneGas Corp (NASDAQ:MNGA) which gained 16.82% to close at 1.250.
The worst performers were Patterson Companies Inc (NASDAQ:PDCO) which was down 28.02% to 22.73 in late trade, Portola Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:PTLA) which lost 23.96% to settle at 32.18 and Sorrento Therape (NASDAQ:SRNE) which was down 21.61% to 7.80 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1781 to 1329 and 26 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1361 fell and 1157 advanced, while 102 ended unchanged.
Shares in Patterson Companies Inc (NASDAQ:PDCO) fell to 5-year lows; losing 28.02% or 8.85 to 22.73. Shares in Patterson Companies Inc (NASDAQ:PDCO) fell to 5-year lows; falling 28.02% or 8.85 to 22.73. Shares in Portola Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:PTLA) fell to 52-week lows; falling 23.96% or 10.14 to 32.18.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 15.52% to 22.93.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.14% or 1.90 to $1319.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.31% or 0.19 to hit $61.45 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.68% or 0.44 to trade at $64.29 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.54% to 1.2259, while USD/JPY fell 0.33% to 106.32.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 90.27.