U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.69%

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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.69%, while the S&P 500 index lost 1.12%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 1.26%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX), which rose 2.90% or 4.42 points to trade at 156.86 at the close. Meanwhile, Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) added 1.47% or 4.26 points to end at 294.92 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) was up 1.31% or 0.41 points to 31.60 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:V), which fell 2.85% or 6.58 points to trade at 224.70 at the close. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) declined 2.54% or 0.77 points to end at 29.51 and Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) was down 2.18% or 2.00 points to 89.82.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA) which rose 8.69% to 137.75, Zions Bancorporation (NASDAQ:ZION) which was up 4.63% to settle at 29.39 and Albemarle Corp (NYSE:ALB) which gained 4.60% to close at 215.99.

The worst performers were Las Vegas Sands Corp (NYSE:LVS) which was down 6.35% to 55.71 in late trade, First Republic Bank (OTC:FRCB) which lost 6.13% to settle at 0.34 and Universal Health Services Inc (NYSE:UHS) which was down 6.11% to 126.98 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were CohBar Inc (NASDAQ:CWBR) which rose 223.23% to 5.01, HeartCore Enterprises Inc (NASDAQ:HTCR) which was up 92.19% to settle at 2.46 and Lifecore Biomedical Inc (NASDAQ:LFCR) which gained 50.19% to close at 8.05.

The worst performers were Nanthealth LLC (NASDAQ:NH) which was down 47.47% to 1.35 in late trade, T2 Biosystms Inc (NASDAQ:TTOO) which lost 38.51% to settle at 0.17 and Microvast Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:MVST) which was down 36.36% to 1.40 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1797 to 1151 and 100 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1934 fell and 1636 advanced, while 124 ended unchanged.

Shares in T2 Biosystms Inc (NASDAQ:TTOO) fell to all time lows; down 38.51% or 0.11 to 0.17.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 7.67% to 18.53.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.01% or 0.10 to $1,977.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.58% or 1.14 to hit $73.19 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.47% or 1.12 to trade at $77.11 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.40% to 1.08, while USD/JPY fell 0.02% to 138.57.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 103.44.