US stock indices fell at the close of today’s session; The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.90%.

Investing.com – US stocks were lower by Friday’s close as losses in the , and sectors pushed stocks lower.

At the close of trading in New York, it was down 0.90%, while it was down 0.74% and down 0.70%.

Among today’s top stocks was The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:NYSE), which rose 0.90%, or 0.83 points, to close at 93.38. Meanwhile, Verizon Communications (NYSE:) added 0.81% or 0.30 points to close at 37.40 and Salesforce Inc (NYSE:) added 0.75% or 0.98 points to 131.11 in the last exchanges.

As for the weaker performer at the end of the trading day, the shares closed Chevrons Corp (NYSE:) fell 3.19%, or 5.54 points, to trade at 168.00 levels at the close. Amgen (NASDAQ:) fell 2.42%, or 6.92 points, to close at 278.65, and Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE:) closed down 2.33%, or 3.47 points, at 145.31.

The best performer in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index was instead recorded by Paramount Global Class B (NASDAQ:) stock, which rose 5.08% to a price of 19.02. Tesla (NASDAQ:) also continued the its gain of 3.23% and closed at levels of 179.05, as well as the share of Netflix (NASDAQ:) rose by about 3.14% and closed its trading at a price of 320.01.

Among the weakest performing stocks today was Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:) stock, which fell 5.91%, and finished the session at 46.97, a share. Etsy Inc (NASDAQ:), which lost 5.74% at 126.78, and Halliburton Corporation (NYSE:), which lost 5.33% and closed today’s trading session at 33.01.

The best performance of the Nasdaq index was instead recorded by shares HTG molecular diagnostics Inc (NASDAQ:), which rose 117.57% to a price of 0.54, ClearOne Inc (NASDAQ:) also continued its gains to 73.40% and closed at 1.40, as did China Jo-Jo Drugs (NASDAQ: ) climbed 51.20% and closed trade at a price of 3.31.

Among the underperforming stocks today we mention the stock of the company Grom Social Enterprises Inc (NASDAQ:), which fell 66.28%, and finished the session at 1.30, a share Autolus Therapeutics Ltd (NASDAQ:), which lost 38.13% at 1.85, and Appreciate Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:), which lost 33.43% and closed today’s trading session at 2.73.

The number of shares falling surpassed the number of shares that finished higher on the New York Stock Exchange at 2140 versus 954, while 101 remained unchanged. As for the Nasdaq stock exchange, 2360 shares declined and 1368 strengthened their position, while 216 shares maintained their value.

Grom Social Enterprises Inc (NASDAQ:) stock fell to an all-time low, continuing its decline by 66.28%, or 2.56 points, at a price of 1.30. Shares of Autolus Therapeutics Ltd (NASDAQ:) fell to an all-time low, shedding 38.13%, or 1.14 points, to a price of 1.85. Shares of Appreciate Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to an all-time low, shedding 33.43%, or 1.37 points, to a price of 2.73.

which measures the implied standard deviation of options on the S&P 500 index, traded up 2.42% to close at 22.83.

Gold futures for February delivery rose 0.36%, or 6.55%, to close at $1,808.05 an ounce. In other commodity trading, the January WTI crude oil futures contract was up 0.10%, or 0.07, to price at $71.53 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contracts rose 0.71%, or 0.54 points. , and closed at $76.69 a barrel.

EUR/USD held its stability 0.25% and traded as low as 1.05, while USD/JPY continued its 0.02% climb to hit 136.68 levels .

Dollar index futures were trading 0.17% higher to hit 104.93.