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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.83%, while the S&P 500 index fell 1.22%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 1.56%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), which rose 1.30% or 1.10 points to trade at 85.58 at the close. Meanwhile, American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) added 1.25% or 2.02 points to end at 163.80 and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) was up 0.63% or 3.03 points to 486.63 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD), which fell 2.57% or 8.48 points to trade at 321.15 at the close. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) declined 2.50% or 8.48 points to end at 330.22 and McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) was down 2.31% or 6.59 points to 278.17.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Southwest Airlines Company (NYSE:LUV) which rose 2.56% to 29.68, Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE:COF) which was up 2.17% to settle at 104.48 and Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ:HST) which gained 2.09% to close at 16.60.
The worst performers were Nucor Corp (NYSE:NUE) which was down 6.13% to 155.38 in late trade, KLA Corporation (NASDAQ:KLAC) which lost 5.35% to settle at 454.22 and DexCom Inc (NASDAQ:DXCM) which was down 5.12% to 96.35 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were MSP Recovery Inc (NASDAQ:LIFW) which rose 237.52% to 0.19, STRATA Skin Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:SSKN) which was up 61.81% to settle at 1.00 and Aerwins Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:AWIN) which gained 49.92% to close at 0.19.
The worst performers were Avalo Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:AVTX) which was down 38.37% to 0.13 in late trade, Axcella Health Inc (NASDAQ:AXLA) which lost 38.23% to settle at 0.62 and Athersys Inc (NASDAQ:ATHX) which was down 30.23% to 0.30 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1949 to 966 and 71 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2200 fell and 1277 advanced, while 126 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 7.57% to 13.79.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.59% or 11.45 to $1,944.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.08% or 0.97 to hit $91.13 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.52% or 0.49 to trade at $94.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.07, while USD/JPY rose 0.27% to 147.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 105.01.
