US stocks closed lower, Dow Jones down 0.81% At the close on the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones fell 0.81%, the SP 500 fell 1.08%, and the NASDAQ Composite fell 0.73%. Caterpillar Inc was the top gainer among the components of the Dow Jones in today''s trading, up 2.70 points or 1.19% to close at 229.80. Salesforce.com Inc rose 2.04 points or 1.09% to close at 189.19. Nike Inc rose 0.73 points or 0.60% to close at 122.40. The losers were shares of Intel Corporation, which lost 2.30 points or 5.28% to end the session at 41.23. Shares of Goldman Sachs Group Inc climbed 2.12% or 6.83 points to close at 314.68, while American Express Company shed 1.62% or 2.73 points to close at 165.96. Leading gainers among the SP 500 index components in today''s trading were Las Vegas Sands Corp, which rose 4.35% to 37.39, Wynn Resorts Limited, which gained 4.18% to close at 70.28. as well as Etsy Inc, which rose 4.17% to end the session at 84.88. The drop leaders were shares of Altria Group, which fell 8.37% to close at 49.49. Shares of Carnival Corporation shed 6.17% to end the session at 12.93.