Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology , Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.37%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.33%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.53%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE: VZ ), which rose 1.77% or 0.78 points to trade at 44.96 at the close. Meanwhile, Visa Inc Class A (NYSE: V ) added 1.65% or 5.68 points to end at 349.86 and Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG ) was up 1.28% or 2.13 points to 168.71 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were 3M Company (NYSE: MMM ), which fell 2.78% or 4.24 points to trade at 148.44 at the close. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS ) declined 2.61% or 15.00 points to end at 558.92 and NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA ) was down 2.06% or 2.34 points to 111.42.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Dollar Tree Inc (NASDAQ: DLTR ) which rose 11.18% to 76.95, AutoZone Inc (NYSE: AZO ) which was up 3.86% to settle at 3,823.93 and Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT ) which gained 3.74% to close at 131.35.

The worst performers were General Motors Company (NYSE: GM ) which was down 7.36% to 47.20 in late trade, Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ: SMCI ) which lost 6.26% to settle at 34.72 and Palo Alto Networks Inc (NASDAQ: PANW ) which was down 5.69% to 174.44 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Marblegate Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ: GATE ) which rose 207.69% to 50.00, Lytus Technologies Holdings Ptv Ltd (NASDAQ: LYT ) which was up 88.28% to settle at 0.12 and Direct Digital Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: DRCT ) which gained 69.32% to close at 1.33.

The worst performers were Trident Digital Tech Holdings Ltd ADR (NASDAQ: TDTH ) which was down 61.66% to 0.59 in late trade, LogicMark Inc (NASDAQ: LGMK ) which lost 44.75% to settle at 0.05 and Benson Hill Inc (OTC: BHILQ ) which was down 39.52% to 0.15 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1539 to 1221 and 91 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1719 fell and 1574 advanced, while 128 ended unchanged.

Shares in AutoZone Inc (NYSE: AZO ) rose to all time highs; up 3.86% or 142.25 to 3,823.93. Shares in Marblegate Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ: GATE ) rose to all time highs; rising 207.69% or 33.75 to 50.00. Shares in LogicMark Inc (NASDAQ: LGMK ) fell to all time lows; falling 44.75% or 0.04 to 0.05. Shares in Benson Hill Inc (OTC: BHILQ ) fell to all time lows; losing 39.52% or 0.10 to 0.15.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 1.96% to 18.69.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.52% or 46.29 to $3,098.59 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.30% or 0.21 to hit $69.86 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.31% or 0.23 to trade at $73.29 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.42% to 1.08, while USD/JPY rose 0.32% to 151.06.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 103.94.