U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 1.24%

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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.24% to hit a new 1-month low, while the S&P 500 index fell 1.46%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 1.62%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which rose 0.86% or 1.51 points to trade at 176.55 at the close. Meanwhile, The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV) added 0.31% or 0.68 points to end at 221.08 and Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:V) was up 0.15% or 0.41 points to 276.08 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), which fell 6.47% or 12.64 points to trade at 182.79 at the close. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) declined 5.16% or 1.94 points to end at 35.69 and Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) was down 2.63% or 3.08 points to 114.07.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Globe Life Inc (NYSE:GL) which rose 20.17% to 59.09, State Street Corp (NYSE:STT) which was up 2.54% to settle at 75.79 and Kimco Realty Corp (NYSE:KIM) which gained 0.95% to close at 18.11.

The worst performers were Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET) which was down 8.48% to 271.43 in late trade, Zoetis Inc (NYSE:ZTS) which lost 7.84% to settle at 149.98 and FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC) which was down 7.78% to 56.75 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were C3is Inc (NASDAQ:CISS) which rose 6,375.69% to 1.87, Paxmedica Inc (NASDAQ:PXMD) which was up 102.17% to settle at 0.84 and Mobilehealth Network Solutions (NASDAQ:MNDR) which gained 47.06% to close at 15.00.

The worst performers were Motus GI Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:MOTS) which was down 37.54% to 0.26 in late trade, Lixiang Education Holding Co Ltd (NASDAQ:LXEH) which lost 32.62% to settle at 0.44 and Soluna Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:SLNH) which was down 26.69% to 1.62 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2400 to 472 and 46 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2675 fell and 703 advanced, while 108 ended unchanged.

Shares in Zoetis Inc (NYSE:ZTS) fell to 52-week lows; falling 7.84% or 12.75 to 149.98. Shares in Motus GI Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:MOTS) fell to all time lows; losing 37.54% or 0.16 to 0.26. Shares in Mobilehealth Network Solutions (NASDAQ:MNDR) rose to all time highs; gaining 47.06% or 4.80 to 15.00. Shares in Soluna Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:SLNH) fell to all time lows; losing 26.69% or 0.59 to 1.62.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 16.10% to 17.31 a new 3-months high.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.57% or 13.60 to $2,359.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.56% or 0.48 to hit $85.50 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.55% or 0.49 to trade at $90.23 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.76% to 1.06, while USD/JPY fell 0.01% to 153.25.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.71% at 105.81.