Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.94%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.86%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS), which rose 0.28% or 0.58 points to trade at 208.87 at the close. McDonald`s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) fell 0.22% or 0.21 points to end at 96.31 and Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) was down 0.49% or 0.17 points to 34.24 in late trade.
Biggest losers included EI du Pont de Nemours and Company (NYSE:DD), which lost 2.22% or 1.58 points to trade at 69.69 in late trade. Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) declined 2.00% or 0.98 points to end at 48.10 and Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) shed 1.82% or 2.62 points to 141.19.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Wynn Resorts Limited (NASDAQ:WYNN) which rose 7.24% to 109.44, Mylan Inc (NASDAQ:MYL) which was up 2.62% to settle at 74.28 and American Tower Corporation REIT (NYSE:AMT) which gained 2.15% to close at 94.67.
The worst performers were Frontier Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:FTR) which was down 7.06% to 5.00 in late trade, Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM) which lost 4.05% to settle at 32.89 and Mallinckrodt (NYSE:MNK) which was down 4.03% to 124.28 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Lightbridge Corporation (NASDAQ:LTBR) which rose 31.30% to 1.720, Shiloh Industries Inc (NASDAQ:SHLO) which was up 30.19% to settle at 12.98 and Oculus Innovative Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:OCLS) which gained 25.44% to close at 1.430.
The worst performers were Jacksonville Bancorp Inc (NASDAQ:JAXB) which was down 16.22% to 12.500 in late trade, Kelly Services B Inc (NASDAQ:KELYB) which lost 14.49% to settle at 15.640 and Htg Molecular Diagnostics Inc (NASDAQ:HTGM) which was down 12.81% to 15.31 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2591 to 544 and 1 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2037 fell and 772 advanced, while 3 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 8.42% to 14.81.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.79% or 9.40 to $1175.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 2.75% or 1.64 to hit $58.00 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.64% or 1.69 to trade at $62.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.1243, while USD/JPY rose 0.08% to 124.35.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 95.50.