U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 1.26%

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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 1.26%, while the S&P 500 index declined 1.38%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 1.78%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO), which rose 5.24% or 2.54 points to trade at 50.99 at the close. Meanwhile, Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) added 0.17% or 0.55 points to end at 321.24 and McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) was down 0.27% or 0.73 points to 265.83 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), which fell 3.12% or 3.41 points to trade at 105.83 at the close. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) declined 2.66% or 7.17 points to end at 262.15 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) was down 2.44% or 3.11 points to 124.37.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were West Pharmaceutical Services Inc (NYSE:WST) which rose 14.51% to 319.68, Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) which was up 5.24% to settle at 50.99 and Albemarle Corp (NYSE:ALB) which gained 4.70% to close at 285.60.

The worst performers were Organon & Co (NYSE:OGN) which was down 15.04% to 24.86 in late trade, SolarEdge Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:SEDG) which lost 8.44% to settle at 314.94 and Etsy Inc (NASDAQ:ETSY) which was down 8.40% to 130.31 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Intuitive Machines Inc (NASDAQ:LUNR) which rose 251.41% to 44.77, TravelCenters of America LLC (NASDAQ:TA) which was up 70.77% to settle at 84.43 and Sorrento Therape (NASDAQ:SRNE) which gained 56.11% to close at 0.26.

The worst performers were Atlis Motor Vehicles Inc (NASDAQ:AMV) which was down 28.24% to 1.22 in late trade, Iveda Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:IVDA) which lost 26.12% to settle at 1.81 and Liberty Tri (NASDAQ:LTRPA) which was down 25.77% to 1.21 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2197 to 828 and 77 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2428 fell and 1232 advanced, while 159 ended unchanged.

Shares in Intuitive Machines Inc (NASDAQ:LUNR) rose to all time highs; up 251.41% or 32.03 to 44.77. Shares in Atlis Motor Vehicles Inc (NASDAQ:AMV) fell to all time lows; falling 28.24% or 0.48 to 1.22. Shares in TravelCenters of America LLC (NASDAQ:TA) rose to 5-year highs; up 70.77% or 34.99 to 84.43.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 10.64% to 20.17.

Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.04% or 0.75 to $1,846.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.59% or 0.46 to hit $78.13 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.75% or 0.64 to trade at $84.74 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.07, while USD/JPY fell 0.12% to 133.96.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 103.98.