Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.38%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.50%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM), which rose 5.20% or 13.91 points to trade at 281.44 at the close. Meanwhile, Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) added 1.81% or 4.56 points to end at 256.87 and Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) was up 0.97% or 1.54 points to 160.72 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN), which fell 2.82% or 7.88 points to trade at 271.34 at the close. Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) declined 2.78% or 1.98 points to end at 69.24 and Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) was down 2.60% or 2.07 points to 77.60.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) which rose 8.84% to 33.98, International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) which was up 5.20% to settle at 281.44 and Synopsys Inc (NASDAQ:SNPS) which gained 4.08% to close at 487.20.
The worst performers were CarMax Inc (NYSE:KMX) which was down 20.07% to 45.60 in late trade, Jabil Circuit Inc (NYSE:JBL) which lost 6.78% to settle at 210.01 and Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc (NYSE:FCX) which was down 6.19% to 35.34 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Mobilehealth Network Solutions (NASDAQ:MNDR) which rose 492.75% to 4.09, PepGen Ltd (NASDAQ:PEPG) which was up 118.99% to settle at 5.83 and Cycurion Inc (NASDAQ:CYCU) which gained 68.45% to close at 0.49.
The worst performers were Li Bang International Corporation Inc (NASDAQ:LBGJ) which was down 51.82% to 0.66 in late trade, SeaStar Medical Holding Corp (NASDAQ:ICU) which lost 50.94% to settle at 0.61 and Zhengye Biotechnology Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:ZYBT) which was down 39.64% to 3.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1989 to 771 and 79 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2471 fell and 879 advanced, while 130 ended unchanged.
Shares in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) rose to 52-week highs; up 8.84% or 2.76 to 33.98. Shares in CarMax Inc (NYSE:KMX) fell to 5-year lows; losing 20.07% or 11.45 to 45.60. Shares in Li Bang International Corporation Inc (NASDAQ:LBGJ) fell to all time lows; losing 51.82% or 0.71 to 0.66. Shares in Zhengye Biotechnology Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:ZYBT) fell to all time lows; falling 39.64% or 1.97 to 3.00.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 3.46% to 16.74.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.34% or 12.70 to $3,780.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.31% or 0.20 to hit $65.19 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.39% or 0.27 to trade at $69.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.61% to 1.17, while USD/JPY rose 0.60% to 149.78.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.62% at 98.12.








