At the close on the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones fell 1.15%, the S&P 500 fell 1.02%, and the NASDAQ Composite fell 0.68%.

Chevron Corp was the top gainer among the components of the Dow Jones index today, up 2.89 points or 1.82% to close at 161.42. Quotes of Caterpillar Inc rose by 0.43 points (0.24%), closing the session at 178.81. Home Depot Inc rose 0.54 points or 0.19% to close at 290.39.

The losers were 3M Company shares, which lost 4.05 points or 3.52% to end the session at 111.12. International Business Machines was up 2.79% or 3.51 points to close at 122.23 while Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc was down 2.74% or 0.91 points to close at 32.25.

Among the S&P 500 index components gainers today were DexCom Inc, which rose 4.53% to hit 95.21, APA Corporation, which gained 4.15% to close at 42.20, and Occidental Petroleum Corporation, which rose 4.07% to end the session at 70.50.

The biggest losers were shares of Carnival Corporation, which shed 6.19% to close at 6.97. Shares of SolarEdge Technologies Inc lost 5.96% to end the session at 220.27. Shares of Generac Holdings Inc fell 5.59% to 168.69.

Leading gainers among the components of the NASDAQ Composite in today's trading were Green Giant Inc, which rose 168.57% to 1.88, Atlis Motor Vehicles Inc, which gained 95.45% to close at 24.49. as well as shares of InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp, which rose 83.03% to close the session at 7.98.

The biggest losers were Jowell Global Ltd., which shed 45.36% to close at 1.53. Shares of Cyclerion Therapeutics Inc lost 37.57% to end the session at 0.59. Quotes of Top Ships Inc decreased in price by 35.22% to 6.40.

On the New York Stock Exchange, the number of securities that fell in price (2114) exceeded the number of those that closed in positive territory (997), while quotes of 125 shares remained virtually unchanged. On the NASDAQ stock exchange, 2,093 stocks fell, 1,655 rose, and 252 remained at the previous close.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which is based on S&P 500 options trading, rose 6.90% to 30.52.

Gold futures for December delivery added 0.07%, or 1.20, to $1.00 a troy ounce. In other commodities, WTI crude for November delivery rose 1.30%, or 1.14, to $88.90 a barrel. Futures for Brent crude for December delivery rose 1.57%, or 1.47, to $94.84 a barrel.

Meanwhile, on the Forex market, EUR/USD fell 0.87% to 0.98, while USD/JPY edged up 0.35% to hit 145.13.

Futures on the USD index rose 1.03% to 112.15.