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U.S. shares lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.78%

Published 2019-03-07, 06:25 p/m
Updated 2019-03-07, 06:25 p/m
© Reuters.  U.S. shares lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.78%

© Reuters. U.S. shares lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.78%

Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Technology and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.78%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.81%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 1.13%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ), which rose 1.11% or 0.62 points to trade at 56.30 at the close. Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM) added 1.11% or 0.88 points to end at 80.16 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) was up 0.15% or 0.13 points to 85.26 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), which lost 2.14% or 1.31 points to trade at 59.79 in late trade. Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) declined 1.51% or 2.03 points to end at 132.80 and 3M Company (NYSE:MMM) shed 1.45% or 2.94 points to 199.86.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Electronic Arts Inc (NASDAQ:EA) which rose 4.84% to 99.36, CenturyLink Inc (NYSE:CTL) which was up 4.76% to settle at 12.11 and Allergan PLC (NYSE:AGN) which gained 3.99% to close at 143.00.

The worst performers were Kroger Company (NYSE:KR) which was down 9.95% to 25.61 in late trade, Mosaic Co (NYSE:MOS) which lost 4.48% to settle at 27.92 and Wynn Resorts Limited (NASDAQ:WYNN) which was down 3.95% to 118.67 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Bio Path Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:BPTH) which rose 223.29% to 38.860, Seelos Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:SEEL) which was up 96.13% to settle at 3.040 and GTX Inc (NASDAQ:GTXI) which gained 67.72% to close at 1.5400.

The worst performers were Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:SGYP) which was down 52.00% to 0.030 in late trade, Aptevo Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:APVO) which lost 40.20% to settle at 0.885 and Evine Live Inc (NASDAQ:EVLV) which was down 24.73% to 0.331 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2050 to 959 and 92 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1748 fell and 889 advanced, while 86 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 11.27% to 16.59 a new 1-month high.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.03% or 0.45 to $1286.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.12% or 0.07 to hit $56.48 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.05 to trade at $66.07 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.05% to 1.1198, while USD/JPY rose 0.00% to 111.58.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.79% at 97.565.

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