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21.10.2022 05:03 AM
US stocks closed lower, Dow Jones down 0.30%

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At the close of the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones was down 0.30%, the S&P 500 was down 0.80% and the NASDAQ Composite was down 0.61%.

The leading gainer among the components of the Dow Jones index today was International Business Machines, which gained 5.79 points (4.73%) to close at 128.30. Salesforce Inc rose 3.83 points or 2.49% to close at 157.50. Verizon Communications Inc rose 0.43 points or 1.18% to close at 37.00.

The biggest losers were Home Depot Inc, which shed 6.03 points or 2.19% to end the session at 269.46. Caterpillar Inc was up 2.10% or 3.87 points to close at 180.54 while Nike Inc was down 1.96% or 1.74 points to end at 86.83. .

Leading gainers among the S&P 500 components in today's trading were Lam Research Corp, which rose 7.81% to 355.87, AT&T Inc, which gained 7.72% to close at 16.74, and shares of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, which rose 6.32% to close the session at 134.66.

The biggest losers were Allstate Corp, which shed 12.90% to close at 117.71. Shares of Union Pacific Corporation shed 6.80% to end the session at 186.45. Quotes of Tesla Inc decreased in price by 6.65% to 207.28.

Leading gainers among the components of the NASDAQ Composite in today's trading were Nextplay Technologies Inc, which rose 107.31% to hit 0.41, Cabaletta Bio Inc, which gained 50.77% to close at 1.96, and also shares of Save Foods Inc, which rose 31.33% to end the session at 1.97.

The biggest losers were Talaris Therapeutics Inc, which shed 43.39% to close at 1.37. Shares of LMF Acquisition Opportunities Inc shed 34.55% to end the session at 6.82. Quotes of Gaucho Group Holdings Inc decreased in price by 30.40% to 0.21.

On the New York Stock Exchange, the number of securities that fell in price (2067) exceeded the number of those that closed in positive territory (1018), while quotes of 114 shares remained virtually unchanged. On the NASDAQ stock exchange, 2037 stocks fell, 1694 rose, and 240 remained at the previous close.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which is based on S&P 500 options trading, fell 2.54% to 29.98.

Gold futures for December delivery lost 0.17%, or 2.85, to hit $1.00 a troy ounce. In other commodities, WTI crude for December delivery rose 0.50%, or 0.42, to $84.94 a barrel. Futures for Brent crude for December delivery rose 0.25%, or 0.23, to $92.64 a barrel.

Meanwhile, in the Forex market, the EUR/USD pair remained unchanged 0.12% to 0.98, while USD/JPY rallied 0.19% to hit 150.18.

Futures on the USD index fell 0.07% to 112.81.

Thomas Frank,
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