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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 1.56%, while the S&P 500 index lost 2.01%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 2.98%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX), which rose 1.61% or 2.37 points to trade at 149.94 at the close. Meanwhile, Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) added 0.59% or 0.31 points to end at 52.53 and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) was up 0.55% or 2.78 points to 508.44 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE), which fell 6.99% or 7.72 points to trade at 102.78 at the close. Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM) declined 5.43% or 9.85 points to end at 171.46 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) was down 4.44% or 12.54 points to 270.15.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES) which rose 5.57% to 112.92, Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) which was up 4.77% to settle at 61.71 and Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) which gained 4.37% to close at 24.13.
The worst performers were Etsy Inc (NASDAQ:ETSY) which was down 8.20% to 74.04 in late trade, Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:ENPH) which lost 7.53% to settle at 190.65 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) which was down 6.99% to 102.78 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Agile Thrpe (NASDAQ:AGRX) which rose 89.76% to 2.41, Endo International PLC (NASDAQ:ENDP) which was up 85.33% to settle at 0.71 and HTG Molecular Diagnostics Inc (NASDAQ:HTGM) which gained 52.17% to close at 0.84.
The worst performers were Cognyte Software Ltd (NASDAQ:CGNT) which was down 28.66% to 4.58 in late trade, Phoenix Motor Inc (NASDAQ:PEV) which lost 25.26% to settle at 5.00 and Wavedancer Inc (NASDAQ:WAVD) which was down 24.86% to 1.30 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2192 to 950 and 118 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2790 fell and 1028 advanced, while 178 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) fell to 52-week lows; losing 6.99% or 7.72 to 102.78. Shares in Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) fell to 52-week lows; down 6.99% or 7.72 to 102.78. Shares in Cognyte Software Ltd (NASDAQ:CGNT) fell to 52-week lows; down 28.66% or 1.84 to 4.58. Shares in Wavedancer Inc (NASDAQ:WAVD) fell to 52-week lows; down 24.86% or 0.43 to 1.30.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 5.23% to 28.36.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.19% or 3.55 to $1,821.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.94% or 2.13 to hit $111.70 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.50% or 2.77 to trade at $113.75 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.60% to 1.05, while USD/JPY rose 0.58% to 136.21.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 104.28.
