Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.02%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.06%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ), which rose 0.73% or 0.39 points to trade at 53.83 at the close. Meanwhile, Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) added 0.52% or 0.21 points to end at 41.60 and Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) was up 0.46% or 0.15 points to 32.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), which fell 1.02% or 0.88 points to trade at 85.62 at the close. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) declined 0.85% or 2.05 points to end at 238.60 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) was down 0.51% or 0.38 points to 73.99.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE:NEM) which rose 6.38% to 34.87, Digital Realty Trust Inc (NYSE:DLR) which was up 2.51% to settle at 98.43 and Entergy Corporation (NYSE:ETR) which gained 2.04% to close at 73.46.
The worst performers were Arconic Inc (NYSE:ARNC) which was down 2.68% to 18.73 in late trade, Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (NYSE:CMG) which lost 2.25% to settle at 376.70 and Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) which was down 2.13% to 26.68 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Cesca Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:KOOL) which rose 33.09% to 3.6600, Modsys International Ltd (NASDAQ:MDSY) which was up 27.65% to settle at 0.929 and Fortress Biotech Inc (NASDAQ:FBIO) which gained 21.62% to close at 2.785.
The worst performers were Cempra Inc (NASDAQ:CEMP) which was down 57.38% to 2.600 in late trade, Interpace Diagnostics Group Inc (NASDAQ:IDXG) which lost 30.13% to settle at 5.2399 and MoSys Inc (NASDAQ:MOSY) which was down 24.85% to 0.2450 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1807 to 1342 and 80 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1374 fell and 1075 advanced, while 135 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cempra Inc (NASDAQ:CEMP) fell to all time lows; losing 57.38% or 3.500 to 2.600. Shares in MoSys Inc (NASDAQ:MOSY) fell to all time lows; falling 24.85% or 0.0810 to 0.2450.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 3.78% to 13.44.
Gold for February delivery was up 1.30% or 14.80 to $1155.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.59% or 0.32 to hit $53.74 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.28% or 0.16 to trade at $56.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.66% to 1.0484, while USD/JPY fell 0.51% to 116.64.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.51% at 102.71.