© Reuters. US stock indices fell at the close of today’s session; The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.10%.
Investing.com – US stocks fell after Wednesday’s close as losses across sectors and in the US pushed stocks lower.
It closed down 1.10% at the end of trading in New York while it fell 1.20% and weakened 1.35%.
Among the top stocks trading today was JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: NYSE), which rose 0.55%, or 0.72 points, to close at 132.46. On the other hand, Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:) lost 0.32% or 1.10 points to close at 340.87, while Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:) lost 0.43% or 0.77 points to 176.66 at the end of the session.
As for the worst performer at the end of the trading day, Apple (NASDAQ: ) closed down 3.07%, or 3.99 points, to trade at 126.04 at the close. Walt Disney Company (NYSE:) fell 2.55% or 2.20 points to close at 84.17 and Dow Inc (NYSE:) finished down 2.34% or 1.20 points at 49.99 .
The best performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 index was instead recorded by a stock Generac Holdings Inc (NYSE:), which climbs 5.61% to a price of 96.26, Tesla (NASDAQ:) also continues its increase to 3.31% and closes at 112.71, as does Illumina Inc (NASDAQ 🙂 rises by 1.08% and closes its trading at the price of 190.81.
Among the underperforming stocks today we mention the stock of the company SolarEdge Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:), which fell 5.87% to end the session at 275.84, APA Corporation (NASDAQ:), which lost 5.16%, to trade at 45.18, and Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE:), which weakens by 5.16% Today’s Stock Exchange session closed at 32.19.
The best performance of the Nasdaq index was instead recorded by shares Kala Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:), rose 218.37%, to a price of 12.48, Surgical Minerva Inc (NASDAQ:) also continued to climb 66.15% and closed at 0.27, as did Trans Code Therapeutics (NASDAQ:) climbed 51.82% and closed at 0.61.
Among the underperformers today was Minerva Neurosciences Inc (NASDAQ:), which fell 39.15%, and finished the session at 1.43, per share. Model Performance Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ: ), which fell 35.54% to 8.78 shares Acquisition of light jumping Corp (NASDAQ:), which weakened 37.11% to finish at 11.95 for today’s session.
The number of shares falling exceeded the number of shares that finished higher on the New York Stock Exchange at 2405 versus 714, while 73 remained unchanged. As for the Nasdaq stock exchange, 2409 shares declined and 1352 strengthened their position, while 141 shares maintained their value.
Apple (NASDAQ: ) shares dropped to a 52-week low, continuing their decline 3.07%, or 3.99 points, to 126.04. Shares of The Walt Disney Company (NYSE 🙂 fell to an all-time low, falling 2.55%, or 2.20 points, to 84.17. Minerva Neurosciences Inc (NASDAQ:) shares fell to an all-time low, continuing its decline by 39.15%, or 0.92 points, to a price of 1.43. Model Performance Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:) stock fell to an all-time low, shedding 35.54%, or 4.84 points, to a price of 8.78.
which measures the implied standard deviation of options on the S&P 500 index, traded up 2.26% to close at 22.14.
Gold futures for February delivery fell 0.59%, or 10.70%, to close at $1,812.40 an ounce. In other commodity trading, the WTI crude oil futures contract for delivery in February fell 1.09%, or 0.87 points, to trade at $78.66 a barrel, while the March contract for Brent oil contracts fell 1.19%, or 1.01 points, and closed at $83.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD maintained its stability 0.24% and traded as low as 1.06, while USD/JPY continued its 0.72% climb to hit 134.45 levels .
Dollar index futures were trading 0.34% higher to hit 104.24.