U.S. shares lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.14%

Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.14%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.21%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.04%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN), which rose 0.80% or 1.48 points to trade at 186.65 at the close. Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) added 0.65% or 0.97 points to end at 150.62 and Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH) was up 1.10% or 6.48 points to 597.70 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which lost 1.84% or 2.75 points to trade at 146.62 in late trade. Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) declined 1.47% or 6.11 points to end at 409.96 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) shed 1.02% or 0.24 points to 23.22.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were CrowdStrike Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:CRWD) which rose 5.58% to 314.99, Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) which was up 3.92% to settle at 105.69 and The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) which gained 4.43% to close at 26.39.

The worst performers were First Solar Inc (NASDAQ:FSLR) which was down 9.29% to 205.04 in late trade, Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:ENPH) which lost 5.82% to settle at 99.19 and Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) which was down 4.01% to 164.17 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were JetAI Inc (NASDAQ:JTAI) which fell 11.77% to 0.08, BloomZ Inc (NASDAQ:BLMZ) which was up 87.36% to settle at 1.34 and XChange TECINC DRC (NASDAQ:XHG) which gained 39.39% to close at 0.25.

The worst performers were Gritstone Oncology Inc (NASDAQ:GRTS) which was down 68.70% to 0.06 in late trade, Inno Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:INHD) which gained 608.82% to settle at 4.82 and Momentus Inc (NASDAQ:MNTS) which was down 40.23% to 0.63 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1575 to 1185 and 114 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2005 fell and 1265 advanced, while 140 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.34% to 20.93.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.83% or 21.85 to $2,647.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.24% or 2.37 to hit $75.61 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 3.30% or 2.53 to trade at $79.11 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.09, while USD/JPY fell 0.48% to 148.57.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 102.65.