© Archyde.com. Stock indices in the United States fell at the end of today’s session; The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 2.82%
Investing.com – US stocks were lower at the close on Friday, as indicators were lower, and losses in the .
At the end of trading in New York, it lost 2.82%, and reached its lowest record level within a month, while it fell by 2.77% and fell by 2.55%.
The biggest gainers of the day were Procter & Gamble Inc (NYSE:) share, which fell 0.84% or 1.36 points and traded at 161.25 at the close. On the other hand, Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:) share continued its decline at 0.99% or 1.82 points and closed at 181.54, while IBM (NYSE:) share lost 1.14% or 1.60 points to 138.25 at the end of the session.
As for the weakest performance at the end of trading today, the stock of Caterpillar Corporation (NYSE:) closed down at 6.55% or 15.16 points, and traded at 216.30 at the close. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:) fell 5.64% or 3.10 points to 51.91, and Nike Inc (NYSE:) stock closed down 4.72% or 6.39 points to 129.07.
On the other hand, the best performance in the S&P 500 was recorded by Kimberly Clark (NYSE:) share, which rose by 8.13% to a price of 138.51, SVB Financial Gro (NASDAQ:) also continued to rise at 7.53% and closed at 541.04 levels, as well as the share of Twitter Company (NYSE:) that rose by 3.93% and ended its trading at 48.93.
Among the weakest performing stocks today, we mention the company’s stock HCA Holdings Inc (NYSE:), which fell by 21.82% to close at 210.64, Gap Inc (NYSE:) share, which lost 17.98% to 11.72 and Intuitive Surgical Inc. (NASDAQ:), which weakened by 14.34% and closed at 252.34. Today’s session in the stock market.
On the other hand, the best performance in the Nasdaq index was recorded by the stock Vallon Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:), which rose 100.89% to 2.27, Blueknight Energy (NASDAQ:) also continued to rise at 38.18% and closed at 4.56 levels, as well as the share of Cyngn Inc (NASDAQ:) rose towards 26.89% and ended its trading at 2.69.
Among the worst performers today were Dogness International Corp Class A (NASDAQ:), which fell by 46.00% to end at 3.51, Fednat Holding Co (NASDAQ:), which lost 26.48% to trade at 0.53 and Scynexis Inc (NASDAQ:), which weakened by 25.80% and closed at 2.33 today’s session on the stock exchange.
The number of decliners exceeded the number of shares that closed higher with trading on the New York Stock Exchange with 2721 compared to 484, while 92 remained unchanged. As for the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2849 of the shares fell and 932 strengthened its position, while 206 of the shares maintained their value.
Shares of Gap Inc (NYSE:) fell to a 52-week low, and continued to decline towards 17.98% or 2.57 points, to trade at 11.72. Shares of Intuitive Surgical Corporation (NASDAQ:) fell to a 52-week low, and it fell 14.34% or 42.23 points, to a price of 252.34. Blueknight Energy (NASDAQ:) stock climbed to a record high in 3 years, and continued to rise towards 38.18% or 1.26 points, at a price of 4.56. Shares of Fednat Holding Co (NASDAQ:) fell to an all-time low, falling 26.48%, or 0.19 points, to 0.53. Shares of Scynexis Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to a 3-year low, falling 25.80% or 0.81 to 2.33.
which measures the implied standard deviation of options on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, trading at an increase of 24.38% and closed at 28.21, by recording its lowest level in a month.
Gold futures contracts for June delivery fell 0.71% or 13.90 and closed at $1,934.30 an ounce. As for other commodities trading, the WTI crude oil futures contract for June delivery fell 2.49% or 2.58 and reached the price of $101.21 a barrel, while the June contract for Brent oil futures declined by 2.50% or 2.71 points, and closed at $105.62 a barrel.
The EUR/USD pair maintained stability by 0.34% and traded at 1.08 levels, while the USD/JPY pair continued to rise towards 0.07% and reached 128.49 levels.
The dollar index contracts traded with an increase of 0.49% at the level of 101.11.