Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Technology and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.13%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.04%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Apple Inc (O:AAPL), which rose 1.06% or 1.26 points to trade at 120.53 at the close. Meanwhile, Johnson & Johnson (N:JNJ) added 0.89% or 0.89 points to end at 101.37 and Procter & Gamble Company (N:PG) was up 0.67% or 0.51 points to 77.02 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Intel Corporation (O:INTC), which fell 1.96% or 0.68 points to trade at 34.03 at the close. Pfizer Inc (N:PFE) declined 1.92% or 0.68 points to end at 34.77 and Microsoft Corporation (O:MSFT) was down 1.15% or 0.62 points to 53.36.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Hanesbrands Inc (N:HBI) which rose 14.67% to 31.65, Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc (N:ZBH) which was up 7.15% to settle at 104.87 and FMC Corporation (N:FMC) which gained 6.00% to close at 39.77.
The worst performers were F5 Networks Inc (O:FFIV) which was down 9.28% to 110.08 in late trade, BorgWarner Inc (N:BWA) which lost 8.70% to settle at 41.57 and Delphi Automotive plc (N:DLPH) which was down 7.10% to 80.04 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Revance The (O:RVNC) which rose 40.63% to 37.59, Jaguar Animal Health Inc (O:JAGX) which was up 40.00% to settle at 3.85 and Echo Global Logistics Inc (O:ECHO) which gained 34.32% to close at 23.13.
The worst performers were Repros Therapeutics Inc (O:RPRX) which was down 55.56% to 2.08 in late trade, Applied DNA Sciences Inc (O:APDN) which lost 54.48% to settle at 3.20 and Oncolytics Biotech Inc (O:ONCY) which was down 34.09% to 0.300 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1601 to 928 and 2 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1651 fell and 897 advanced, while 47 ended unchanged.
Shares in F5 Networks Inc (O:FFIV) fell to 52-week lows; losing 9.28% or 11.26 to 110.08. Shares in Revance The (O:RVNC) rose to 52-week highs; up 40.63% or 10.86 to 37.59. Shares in Repros Therapeutics Inc (O:RPRX) fell to 3-years lows; losing 55.56% or 2.60 to 2.08. Shares in Oncolytics Biotech Inc (O:ONCY) fell to all time lows; down 34.09% or 0.155 to 0.300.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 2.51% to 14.69.
Gold for December delivery was down 2.66% or 31.30 to $1144.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.44% or 0.20 to hit $45.74 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.99% or 0.48 to trade at $48.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.48% to 1.0976, while USD/JPY rose 0.03% to 121.12.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.32% at 97.37.