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 declined 0.16%, while the index fell 0.21%, and the index declined 0.89%.
The best performers of the session on the were Sherwin-Williams Co (NYSE:), which rose 2.09% or 7.24 points to trade at 354.17 at the close. Meanwhile, Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:) added 1.93% or 2.80 points to end at 147.77 and Boeing Co (NYSE:) was up 1.64% or 2.73 points to 168.93 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:), which fell 6.04% or 32.83 points to trade at 510.59 at the close. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:) declined 4.04% or 9.61 points to end at 228.26 and NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:) was down 1.92% or 2.62 points to 133.57.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were DexCom Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 5.52% to 84.84, American Tower Corp (NYSE:) which was up 5.41% to settle at 190.07 and Constellation Energy Corp (NASDAQ:) which gained 4.81% to close at 315.24.
The worst performers were Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:) which was down 6.04% to 510.59 in late trade, U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:) which lost 5.64% to settle at 48.03 and Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:) which was down 5.13% to 187.37 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Biomerica Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 108.75% to 0.71, Katapult Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 46.82% to settle at 10.16 and WANG & LEE GROUP Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 40.28% to close at 3.97.
The worst performers were Leafly Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 60.90% to 0.57 in late trade, Luxurban Hotels Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 53.50% to settle at 0.32 and Powell Max Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was down 43.16% to 0.83 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1700 to 1072 and 86 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1689 fell and 1588 advanced, while 149 ended unchanged.
Shares in Constellation Energy Corp (NASDAQ:) rose to all time highs; rising 4.81% or 14.47 to 315.24. Shares in Leafly Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 60.90% or 0.88 to 0.57. Shares in Luxurban Hotels Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 53.50% or 0.37 to 0.32. Shares in Powell Max Ltd (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 43.16% or 0.63 to 0.83.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 2.98% to 16.60.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.02% or 27.79 to $2,745.59 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.12% or 0.88 to hit $77.83 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.89% or 0.73 to trade at $81.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 1.03, while USD/JPY fell 0.76% to 155.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 108.78.
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