Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.01%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.17%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO), which rose 2.51% or 0.82 points to trade at 33.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) added 1.76% or 0.71 points to end at 41.15 and 3M Company (NYSE:MMM) was up 0.88% or 1.59 points to 183.29 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), which fell 1.81% or 2.04 points to trade at 110.53 at the close. Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) declined 0.93% or 0.77 points to end at 82.39 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) was down 0.73% or 0.72 points to 98.30.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Stericycle Inc (NASDAQ:SRCL) which rose 7.55% to 83.23, NetApp Inc (NASDAQ:NTAP) which was up 4.53% to settle at 40.70 and International Flavors & Fragrances Inc (NYSE:IFF) which gained 3.94% to close at 123.85.
The worst performers were TripAdvisor Inc (NASDAQ:TRIP) which was down 10.57% to 47.13 in late trade, Range Resources Corporation (NYSE:RRC) which lost 5.02% to settle at 31.34 and Coty Inc (NYSE:COTY) which was down 4.83% to 18.82 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Atlantic Alliance Partnership Corp (NASDAQ:AAPC) which rose 138.64% to 18.90, Power Solutions International Inc (NASDAQ:PSIX) which was up 64.47% to settle at 6.25 and Superconductor Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:SCON) which gained 30.87% to close at 1.5050.
The worst performers were ConforMIS Inc (NASDAQ:CFMS) which was down 35.38% to 5.53 in late trade, My Size Inc (NASDAQ:MYSZ) which lost 30.31% to settle at 4.46 and Acura Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ACUR) which was down 24.15% to 0.880 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1903 to 1243 and 73 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1487 fell and 999 advanced, while 114 ended unchanged.
Shares in NetApp Inc (NASDAQ:NTAP) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.53% or 1.76 to 40.70. Shares in Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) rose to 5-year highs; rising 2.51% or 0.82 to 33.65. Shares in 3M Company (NYSE:MMM) rose to all time highs; rising 0.88% or 1.59 to 183.29. Shares in Atlantic Alliance Partnership Corp (NASDAQ:AAPC) rose to all time highs; up 138.64% or 10.98 to 18.90.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.08% to 11.98.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.68% or 8.35 to $1241.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.55% or 0.29 to hit $53.40 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $55.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.70% to 1.0673, while USD/JPY fell 0.86% to 113.16.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.62% at 100.45.