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 lost 1.35%, while the index fell 1.23%, and the index declined 1.40%.
The best performers of the session on the were Chevron Corp (NYSE:), which rose 0.16% or 0.25 points to trade at 160.69 at the close. Meanwhile, Walmart Inc (NYSE:) added 0.12% or 0.07 points to end at 59.50 and Dow Inc (NYSE:) was down 0.22% or 0.13 points to 59.86 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Salesforce Inc (NYSE:), which fell 3.48% or 10.60 points to trade at 294.14 at the close. 3M Company (NYSE:) declined 2.84% or 2.65 points to end at 90.54 and American Express Company (NYSE:) was down 2.81% or 6.34 points to 219.59.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Conagra Brands Inc (NYSE:) which rose 5.44% to 30.64, MarketAxess Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 4.58% to settle at 224.79 and CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE:) which gained 3.57% to close at 86.18.
The worst performers were Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (NYSE:) which was down 19.33% to 81.58 in late trade, Paramount Global Class B (NASDAQ:) which lost 8.51% to settle at 12.37 and Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 8.26% to 165.83 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Candel Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 280.95% to 6.40, TC BioPharm Holdings PLC (NASDAQ:) which was up 50.00% to settle at 1.95 and HWH International Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 46.50% to close at 2.30.
The worst performers were Effector Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 82.03% to 2.96 in late trade, Keyarch Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:) which lost 54.80% to settle at 4.10 and Jiuzi Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 40.94% to 0.88 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 0 to 0; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 0 fell and 0 advanced.
Shares in Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (NYSE:) fell to 52-week lows; losing 19.33% or 19.55 to 81.58. Shares in Candel Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 280.95% or 4.72 to 6.40. Shares in Effector Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 82.03% or 13.51 to 2.96. Shares in Keyarch Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 54.80% or 4.97 to 4.10.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.92% to 16.50 a new 3-months high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.04% or 0.85 to $2,307.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.13% or 0.11 to hit $86.48 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.10 to trade at $90.75 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.03% to 1.08, while USD/JPY rose 0.04% to 151.38.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 104.04.