U.S. shares lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.06%

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U.S. shares lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.06%
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Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms , Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.06%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.04%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.16%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Merck & Company Inc (NYSE: MRK ), which rose 3.14% or 1.95 points to trade at 64.05 at the close. Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ: CSCO ) added 2.31% or 0.70 points to end at 31.20 and The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE: TRV ) was up 0.94% or 1.10 points to 117.64 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Caterpillar Inc (NYSE: CAT ), which lost 1.51% or 1.44 points to trade at 93.67 in late trade. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE: UNH ) declined 1.33% or 2.16 points to end at 160.55 and Boeing Co (NYSE: BA ) shed 0.91% or 1.50 points to 162.47.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Mead Johnson Nutrition Company (NYSE: MJN ) which rose 22.09% to 84.85, Macy’s Inc (NYSE: M ) which was up 5.14% to settle at 30.71 and Citrix Systems Inc (NASDAQ: CTXS ) which gained 5.00% to close at 74.80.

The worst performers were Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE: RL ) which was down 12.19% to 76.72 in late trade, E-TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC ) which lost 9.69% to settle at 33.94 and Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW ) which was down 8.77% to 89.42 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Benitec Biopharma Ltd (NASDAQ: BNTC ) which rose 130.81% to 3.6930, Naked Brand Group Inc (NASDAQ: NAKD ) which was up 127.35% to settle at 2.660 and Tenax Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: TENX ) which gained 53.56% to close at 0.875.

The worst performers were Vanguard Natural Resources LLC (NASDAQ: VNR ) which was down 63.09% to 0.365 in late trade, Stemline Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: STML ) which lost 39.49% to settle at 5.900 and China Customer Relations Centers Inc (NASDAQ: CCRC ) which was down 21.84% to 14.28 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1640 to 1484 and 89 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1383 fell and 1066 advanced, while 130 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 1.52% to 11.99.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.76% or 9.15 to $1217.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.48% or 0.26 to hit $53.62 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.30% or 0.17 to trade at $56.63 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.07% to 1.0761, while USD/JPY fell 0.49% to 112.68.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 99.80.

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