U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.25% By Investing.com

U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.25%

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U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.25%

Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.25%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.30%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.16%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), which rose 0.68% or 1.06 points to trade at 155.93 at the close. Meanwhile, Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) added 0.44% or 0.76 points to end at 172.31 and International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) was up 0.42% or 0.56 points to 133.91 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), which fell 0.86% or 1.42 points to trade at 162.77 at the close. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) declined 0.77% or 2.63 points to end at 339.32 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) was down 0.76% or 1.29 points to 167.49.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Penn National Gaming Inc (NASDAQ:PENN) which rose 4.54% to 51.30, Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) which was up 3.98% to settle at 44.46 and ViacomCBS Inc (NASDAQ:VIAC) which gained 3.77% to close at 31.12.

The worst performers were Biogen Inc (NASDAQ:BIIB) which was down 7.09% to 240.00 in late trade, APA Corporation (NASDAQ:APA) which lost 3.05% to settle at 27.06 and CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE:CF) which was down 2.55% to 71.88 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Kiora Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:KPRX) which rose 93.18% to 1.700, Supercom Lt (NASDAQ:SPCB) which was up 40.10% to settle at 0.6111 and Inspira Technologies Oxy BHN Ltd (NASDAQ:IINN) which gained 27.47% to close at 4.78.

The worst performers were Oncology Institute Inc (NASDAQ:TOI) which was down 16.07% to 9.09 in late trade, Biofrontera Inc (NASDAQ:BFRI) which lost 13.93% to settle at 7.54 and Medavail Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:MDVL) which was down 11.69% to 1.36 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1806 to 1461 and 124 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2326 rose and 1500 declined, while 195 ended unchanged.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 2.24% to 17.33.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.54% or 9.70 to $1815.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.14% or 0.11 to hit $76.45 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.05 to trade at $79.06 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1326, while USD/JPY rose 0.01% to 115.07.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 95.975.

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US 500	3,978.5	-0.2	-0.01%
Dow Jones	32,120.28	+191.66	+0.60%
S&P 500	3,978.73	+37.25	+0.95%
Nasdaq	11,434.74	+170.29	+1.51%
S&P 500 VIX	28.33	-0.04	-0.14%
Dollar Index	102.025	-0.052	-0.05%

Crude Oil WTI	110.80	+0.47	+0.43%
Brent Oil	111.29	+0.17	+0.15%
Natural Gas	9.094	+0.110	+1.22%
Gold	1,846.84	+0.54	+0.03%
Silver	21.821	-0.049	-0.22%
Copper	4.2390	-0.0302	-0.71%
US Soybeans	1,678.62	-0.88	-0.05%

SPDR S&P 500	397.37	+3.48	+0.88%
iShares Russell 2000	178.73	+3.16	+1.80%
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Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Bull 2X Shares	53.34	-0.99	-1.82%
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ProShares UltraPro QQQ	27.98	+1.08	+4.01%

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Alphabet A	2,116.10	-3.30	-0.16%
Tesla	658.80	+30.64	+4.88%
Amazon.com	2,135.50	+53.50	+2.57%
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U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.25%

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