Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the fell 0.35% to hit a new 3-month low, while the index declined 0.84%, and the index declined 1.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:), which rose 3.53% or 2.98 points to trade at 87.51 at the close. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:) added 1.78% or 2.90 points to end at 166.18 and Salesforce Inc (NYSE:) was up 1.71% or 2.52 points to 150.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included American Express Company (NYSE:), which lost 3.82% or 5.68 points to trade at 143.03 in late trade. Boeing Co (NYSE:) declined 3.20% or 4.58 points to end at 138.71 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:) shed 2.43% or 7.79 points to 312.92.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:) which rose 4.85% to 310.87, Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:) which was up 3.53% to settle at 87.51 and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:) which gained 2.63% to close at 71.29.
The worst performers were Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ:) which was down 9.44% to 37.62 in late trade, Ball Corporation (NYSE:) which lost 8.66% to settle at 49.23 and FactSet Research Systems Inc (NYSE:) which was down 8.29% to 394.75 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Spero Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 167.74% to 2.20, Avenue Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 105.90% to settle at 0.44 and Panbela Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 46.39% to close at 0.35.
The worst performers were Top Ships Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 44.06% to 0.12 in late trade, Ecmoho Ltd (NASDAQ:) which lost 42.72% to settle at 0.10 and Pintec Technology Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was down 28.80% to 0.42 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2613 to 544 and 116 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 3013 fell and 765 advanced, while 256 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 2.29% to 27.35.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.24% or 3.95 to $1,679.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.54% or 0.45 to hit $83.39 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.50% or 0.45 to trade at $90.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.03% to 0.98, while USD/JPY fell 1.14% to 142.40.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.65% at 111.07.
