U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.43%

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 0.43%, while the index lost 0.16%, and the index lost 0.14%.

The best performers of the session on the were Walmart Inc (NYSE:), which rose 1.37% or 1.59 points to trade at 117.44 at the close. Meanwhile, Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:) added 1.22% or 1.51 points to end at 124.96 and American Express Company (NYSE:) was up 0.92% or 1.22 points to 134.46 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:), which fell 5.23% or 2.61 points to trade at 47.32 at the close. Dow Inc (NYSE:) declined 2.09% or 1.03 points to end at 48.30 and Pfizer Inc (NYSE:) was down 2.15% or 0.81 points to 36.93.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Equifax Inc (NYSE:) which rose 5.01% to 162.26, Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:) which was up 4.94% to settle at 33.36 and Fidelity National Information Services Inc (NYSE:) which gained 4.30% to close at 154.32.

The worst performers were NetApp Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 9.27% to 55.18 in late trade, CenturyLink Inc (NYSE:) which lost 8.44% to settle at 13.88 and Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:) which was down 7.56% to 27.77 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Genprex Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 51.38% to 2.7400, Atlas Financial Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 37.66% to settle at 0.6551 and Lianluo Smart Ltd (NASDAQ:) which gained 28.52% to close at 0.9500.

The worst performers were XBiotech Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 24.17% to 16.53 in late trade, Greenland Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:) which lost 23.08% to settle at 2.50 and Gemphire Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 21.67% to 23.50 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1472 to 1322 and 81 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1341 rose and 1315 declined, while 63 ended unchanged.

Shares in Equifax Inc (NYSE:) rose to all time highs; up 5.01% or 7.74 to 162.26. Shares in Fidelity National Information Services Inc (NYSE:) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.30% or 6.36 to 154.32. Shares in Genprex Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to 52-week highs; up 51.38% or 0.9300 to 2.7400. Shares in Greenland Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 23.08% or 0.75 to 2.50.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 2.98% to 14.15.

Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.47% or 7.35 to $1578.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.70% or 0.36 to hit $51.53 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $56.45 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.0840, while USD/JPY rose 0.00% to 109.81.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 99.002.

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