U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.88%

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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.88% to hit a new 1-month low, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.78%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.56%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN), which rose 0.49% or 1.18 points to trade at 240.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) added 0.47% or 1.54 points to end at 332.67 and Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) was up 0.05% or 0.07 points to 132.55 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM), which fell 2.22% or 3.55 points to trade at 156.12 at the close. American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) declined 1.72% or 2.66 points to end at 152.00 and Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) was down 1.75% or 1.52 points to 85.36.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META) which rose 3.67% to 162.93, Las Vegas Sands Corp (NYSE:LVS) which was up 2.67% to settle at 37.63 and MarketAxess Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:MKTX) which gained 1.88% to close at 248.59.

The worst performers were PVH Corp (NYSE:PVH) which was down 10.49% to 56.25 in late trade, HP Inc (NYSE:HPQ) which lost 7.68% to settle at 28.71 and The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) which was down 5.81% to 53.87 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Nuwellis Inc (NASDAQ:NUWE) which rose 121.25% to 1.46, GreenPro Capital Corp (NASDAQ:GRNQ) which was up 63.87% to settle at 2.54 and American Virtual Cloud Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:AVCT) which gained 43.39% to close at 0.46.

The worst performers were Newage Inc (NASDAQ:NBEV) which was down 36.67% to 0.23 in late trade, Mobile Global Esports Inc (NASDAQ:MGAM) which lost 31.70% to settle at 3.62 and ShiftPixy Inc (NASDAQ:PIXY) which was down 26.65% to 0.14 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2088 to 1001 and 121 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2065 fell and 1648 advanced, while 231 ended unchanged.

Shares in ShiftPixy Inc (NASDAQ:PIXY) fell to all time lows; losing 26.65% or 0.05 to 0.14.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 1.30% to 25.87.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.83% or 14.45 to $1,721.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 3.10% or 2.84 to hit $88.80 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 2.96% or 2.90 to trade at $94.94 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.40% to 1.01, while USD/JPY rose 0.13% to 138.98.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 108.66.