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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.30%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.80%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM), which rose 4.73% or 5.79 points to trade at 128.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM) added 2.44% or 3.75 points to end at 157.42 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) was up 1.18% or 0.43 points to 37.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD), which fell 2.19% or 6.03 points to trade at 269.46 at the close. Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) declined 2.10% or 3.87 points to end at 180.54 and The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV) was down 1.89% or 3.30 points to 170.87.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Lam Research Corp (NASDAQ:LRCX) which rose 7.81% to 355.87, AT&T Inc (NYSE:T) which was up 7.72% to settle at 16.74 and Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE:DGX) which gained 6.29% to close at 134.63.
The worst performers were Allstate Corp (NYSE:ALL) which was down 12.91% to 117.70 in late trade, Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP) which lost 6.80% to settle at 186.45 and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) which was down 6.65% to 207.28 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Nextplay Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:NXTP) which rose 107.31% to 0.41, Cabaletta Bio Inc (NASDAQ:CABA) which was up 50.77% to settle at 1.96 and Save Foods Inc (NASDAQ:SVFD) which gained 31.33% to close at 1.97.
The worst performers were Talaris Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:TALS) which was down 43.39% to 1.37 in late trade, LMF Acquisition Opportunities Inc (NASDAQ:LMAO) which lost 34.55% to settle at 6.82 and Candel Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:CADL) which was down 26.00% to 1.48 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2059 to 1021 and 112 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2050 fell and 1688 advanced, while 216 ended unchanged.
Shares in Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP) fell to 52-week lows; losing 6.80% or 13.61 to 186.45. Shares in Talaris Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:TALS) fell to all time lows; down 43.39% or 1.05 to 1.37. Shares in LMF Acquisition Opportunities Inc (NASDAQ:LMAO) fell to all time lows; down 34.55% or 3.60 to 6.82. Shares in Candel Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:CADL) fell to all time lows; losing 26.00% or 0.52 to 1.48.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 2.54% to 29.98.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.17% or 2.85 to $1,631.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.50% or 0.42 to hit $84.94 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.24 to trade at $92.65 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 0.98, while USD/JPY rose 0.19% to 150.18.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 112.80.
