U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.65%

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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.65% to hit a new 1-month low, while the S&P 500 index lost 1.20%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 1.79%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS), which rose 2.89% or 11.26 points to trade at 400.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) added 1.74% or 0.62 points to end at 36.31 and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) was up 1.43% or 6.26 points to 445.46 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM), which fell 7.33% or 21.57 points to trade at 272.75 at the close. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) declined 2.19% or 3.86 points to end at 172.69 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was down 1.96% or 8.26 points to 413.64.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were M&T Bank Corp (NYSE:MTB) which rose 4.70% to 140.88, Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) which was up 2.89% to settle at 400.75 and Veralto Corp (NYSE:VLTO) which gained 2.85% to close at 89.86.

The worst performers were Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM) which was down 7.33% to 272.75 in late trade, Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) which lost 5.59% to settle at 161.48 and Globe Life Inc (NYSE:GL) which was down 5.53% to 55.82 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Kaival Brands Innovations Group Inc (NASDAQ:KAVL) which rose 135.96% to 6.30, Longeveron LLC (NASDAQ:LGVN) which was up 73.37% to settle at 2.93 and Hub Cyber Security Ltd (NASDAQ:HUBC) which gained 50.00% to close at 1.95.

The worst performers were Marinus Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:MRNS) which was down 82.71% to 1.30 in late trade, Complete Solaria Inc (NASDAQ:CSLR) which lost 45.92% to settle at 0.26 and Swvl Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:SWVL) which was down 38.88% to 8.11 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2377 to 490 and 54 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2619 fell and 734 advanced, while 122 ended unchanged.

Shares in Marinus Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:MRNS) fell to 5-year lows; down 82.71% or 6.22 to 1.30. Shares in Complete Solaria Inc (NASDAQ:CSLR) fell to all time lows; losing 45.92% or 0.22 to 0.26.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 11.09% to 19.23 a new 3-months high.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.05% or 25.00 to $2,399.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.06% or 0.05 to hit $85.61 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.15% or 0.14 to trade at $90.31 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.06, while USD/JPY rose 0.62% to 154.24.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 106.01.