At the close of the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones fell 0.33%, the S&P 500 fell 0.67% and the NASDAQ Composite fell 0.85%.

The leading gainers among the components of the Dow Jones index today were The Travelers Companies Inc, which gained 7.40 points or 4.44% to close at 174.17. Chevron Corp rose 5.28 points or 3.24% to close at 168.00. Procter & Gamble Company rose 0.93% or 1.19 points to close at 129.56.

The biggest losers were Home Depot Inc, which shed 9.57 points or 3.36% to end the session at 275.49. Dow Inc was up 2.70% or 1.25 points to close at 45.13, while JPMorgan Chase & Co was down 1.96% or 2.33 points to close at 116. .51.

Leading gainers among the S&P 500 index components in today's trading were Netflix Inc, which rose 13.09% to 272.38, Intuitive Surgical Inc, which gained 8.99% to close at 211.14, and shares of Valero Energy Corporation, which rose 5.32% to close the session at 123.96.

The biggest losers were Generac Holdings Inc, which shed 25.34% to close at 110.30. Shares of M&T Bank Corp lost 13.89% and ended the session at 163.06. Quotes Northern Trust Corporation fell in price by 9.15% to 79.59.

Leading gainers among the components of the NASDAQ Composite in today's trading were Mullen Automotive Inc, which rose 57.12% to hit 0.34, Scopus Biopharma Inc, which gained 51.59% to close at 0.37, and also shares of SenesTech Inc, which rose 46.55% to close the session at 0.34.

The biggest losers were Olaplex Holdings Inc, which shed 56.69% to close at 4.24. Shares of Agrify Corp lost 42.44% to end the session at 2.55. Quotes of Sientra Inc decreased in price by 37.36% to 0.38.

On the New York Stock Exchange, the number of securities that fell in price (2363) exceeded the number of those that closed in positive territory (777), while quotes of 105 shares remained virtually unchanged. On the NASDAQ stock exchange, 2,715 stocks fell, 1,085 rose, and 216 remained at the previous close.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which is based on S&P 500 options trading, rose 0.89% to 30.77.

Gold futures for December delivery lost 1.31%, or 21.65, to hit $1.00 a troy ounce. In other commodities, WTI crude futures for December delivery rose 3.23%, or 2.65, to $84.72 a barrel. Futures for Brent crude for December delivery rose 2.53%, or 2.28, to $92.31 a barrel.

Meanwhile, in the Forex market, EUR/USD fell 0.79% to hit 0.98, while USD/JPY edged up 0.43% to hit 149.90.

Futures on the USD index rose 0.73% to 112.81.