U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 1.54% By Investing.com

Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the declined 1.54%, while the index fell 2.11%, and the index lost 2.84%.

The best performers of the session on the were The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:), which rose 1.11% or 1.69 points to trade at 154.61 at the close. Meanwhile, Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:) added 0.49% or 0.88 points to end at 180.06 and Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:) was down 0.09% or 0.08 points to 86.70 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Boeing Co (NYSE:), which fell 6.04% or 8.06 points to trade at 125.38 at the close. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:) declined 4.97% or 1.65 points to end at 31.55 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:) was down 4.91% or 7.36 points to 142.48.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Everest Re Group Ltd (NYSE:) which rose 3.07% to 267.41, STERIS plc (NYSE:) which was up 2.76% to settle at 167.29 and W. R. Berkley Corp (NYSE:) which gained 2.73% to close at 65.18.

The worst performers were CarMax Inc (NYSE:) which was down 24.55% to 65.20 in late trade, SolarEdge Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 8.27% to settle at 235.56 and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (NYSE:) which was down 7.91% to 43.64 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Senti Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 50.71% to 2.11, Avalon Globocare Corp (NASDAQ:) which was up 25.85% to settle at 0.70 and TuanChe ADR (NASDAQ:) which gained 25.31% to close at 3.07.

The worst performers were Atlis Motor Vehicles Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 54.82% to 33.95 in late trade, Lion Group Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:) which lost 49.25% to settle at 1.01 and Twin Vee Powercats Co (NASDAQ:) which was down 29.01% to 2.52 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2622 to 538 and 110 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2862 fell and 944 advanced, while 196 ended unchanged.

Shares in CarMax Inc (NYSE:) fell to 52-week lows; down 24.55% or 21.22 to 65.20. Shares in Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to 5-year lows; down 4.97% or 1.65 to 31.55. Shares in Atlis Motor Vehicles Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 54.82% or 41.20 to 33.95.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 5.50% to 31.84.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.07% or 1.15 to $1,668.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.56% or 0.46 to hit $81.69 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.56% or 0.49 to trade at $87.56 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.72% to 0.98, while USD/JPY rose 0.21% to 144.46.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 112.09.