Stock indices continue to decline
The US stock market ended Friday's trading lower amid negative dynamics from the telecoms, commodities and healthcare sectors.
The Dow Jones was down 2.82% at the close on the New York Stock Exchange, the S&P 500 was down 2.77%, the Nasdaq Composite was down 2.55%.
Shares of such companies rose: Procter and Gamble (NYSE: PG) +0.84%, Johnson and Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) +0.99%, Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) +3.93%, Silicon Valley Bank (NASDAQ:SIVB) +7.35%, Vaxcyte (NASDAQ: PCVX) +7.76%, BRP Group (NASDAQ: BRP) +0.17%, CommScope (NASDAQ: COMM) +1.11%.
Shares of such companies fell: Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) -6.55%, Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) -5.79%, Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG) -14.34%, Ryerson (NYSE: RYI) -5. 64%, Universal Corporation (NYSE: UVV) -1.94%, Green Dot (NYSE: GDOT) -3.57%, Proterra (NASDAQ: PTRA) -4.39%, Archrock (NYSE: AROC) -1.58%, Rent-A-Center (NASDAQ: RCII) -3.84%, Avanos Medical (NYSE: AVNS) -5.42%.
Also, shares in Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ: HCSG) closed at US$19.16 in yesterday's trading, with a high of US$20.01 per share, when the low was as high as US$19.14.
Shares in Enanta Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ENTA) closed at USD 68.99 per share. The stock had a high of $70.60 and a low of $68.64.
Montrose Environmental Group (NYSE: MEG) shares closed at $47.70 per share. The high was US$50.98 and the low was US$47.66.
Moreover, on the NYSE the number of securities that fell in price (2,729) exceeded the number that closed on the plus side (486), while the price of 100 shares remained virtually unchanged. On Nasdaq, 2,849 companies fell in price, 932 rose and 206 remained flat at previous close.