U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.38%

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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.38%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.80%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 1.69%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), which rose 3.16% or 3.18 points to trade at 103.82 at the close. Meanwhile, American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) added 1.61% or 1.64 points to end at 103.26 and Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) was up 1.32% or 1.70 points to 130.49 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which fell 2.97% or 13.41 points to trade at 437.50 at the close. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) declined 2.36% or 1.01 points to end at 41.85 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was down 2.34% or 4.87 points to 203.38.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Wynn Resorts Limited (NASDAQ:WYNN) which rose 8.36% to 88.29, Albemarle Corp (NYSE:ALB) which was up 6.00% to settle at 92.45 and Corteva Inc (NYSE:CTVA) which gained 5.35% to close at 26.78.

The worst performers were Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) which was down 8.01% to 15.16 in late trade, Newmont Goldcorp Corp (NYSE:NEM) which lost 7.39% to settle at 62.87 and Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) which was down 6.52% to 76.88 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Kelly Services B Inc (NASDAQ:KELYB) which rose 158.47% to 38.28, Oxbridge Re Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:OXBR) which was up 56.41% to settle at 1.8300 and Biofrontera AG ADR (NASDAQ:BFRA) which gained 53.36% to close at 20.32.

The worst performers were Fulcrum Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:FULC) which was down 48.01% to 8.90 in late trade, Mesoblast Ltd (NASDAQ:MESO) which lost 34.96% to settle at 11.33 and Fennec Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:FENC) which was down 34.51% to 6.66 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1565 to 1489 and 76 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1677 fell and 1128 advanced, while 65 ended unchanged.

Shares in Kelly Services B Inc (NASDAQ:KELYB) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 158.47% or 23.47 to 38.28. Shares in Oxbridge Re Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:OXBR) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 56.41% or 0.6600 to 1.8300.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 8.59% to 24.03.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 5.35% or 108.65 to $1921.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.72% or 0.30 to hit $41.64 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.20% or 0.09 to trade at $44.54 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1742, while USD/JPY rose 0.03% to 106.52.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 93.640.