Company shares in yesterday's trading
The US stock market ended Wednesday's trading lower amid negative dynamics from the technology, consumer services and consumer goods sectors.
The Dow Jones was down 1.02% at the close on the New York Stock Exchange, hitting a 52-week low, the S&P 500 was down 1.65% and the Nasdaq Composite was down 3.18%.
Thus, shares of such companies rose in yesterday's trading: Merck and Company (NYSE: MRK) +1.57%, Dow Inc. (NYSE: DOW) +1.49%, Amerant Bancorp (NASDAQ: AMTB) +0.29%, Astec Industries (NASDAQ: ASTE) +0. 15%, The Necessity Retail REIT (NASDAQ: RTL) +0.14%, Genco Shipping and Trading (NYSE: GNK) +2.32%, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock (NASDAQ: GLDD) +1.37%, Amerisafe (NASDAQ: AMSF) +1.36%, ScanSource (NASDAQ: SCSC) +7. 82%, Aris Water Solutions (NYSE: ARIS) +4.11%, Eagle Bulk Shipping (NASDAQ: EGLE) +3.67%, Par Pacific Holdings (NYSE: PARR) +8.11%, Unitil Corporation (NYSE: UTL) +4.00%.
Shares of such companies fell in yesterday's trading: Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) -5.18%, Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) -3.52%, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) -3.32%, Columbus McKinnon (NASDAQ: CMCO) -2.25%, Dynavax Technologies (NASDAQ: DVAX) -9.37%, World Acceptance Corporation (NASDAQ: WRLD) -2. 58%, Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE: WLKP) -0.59%, QCR Holdings (NASDAQ: QCRH) -0.77%, Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) -1.78%, Photronics (NASDAQ: PLAB) -0.80%, Matthews International Corporation (NASDAQ: MATW) -0.98%, MarineMax (NYSE: HZO) -4.37%.
Also, on NYSE, the number of securities that declined (2,288) exceeded the number that closed on the plus side (968), while 118 stocks were virtually unchanged. On the Nasdaq stock exchange, 3,176 companies were down, 776 were up and 173 remained flat at the previous close.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which is based on options trading on the S&P 500, fell 1.30% to 32.56.
