us stocks closed lower thursday as investors weighed economic data on retail sales unemployment claims and manufacturing amid worries that the federal reserve risks triggering a recession by continuing its aggressive pace of rate hikes the dow jones industrial average djia fell 06 while the sp 500 spx fell 11 and the nasdaq composite comp dropped 14 according to preliminary factset data most of the sp 500s 11 sectors finished lower with financial and healthcare being the only areas to see gains the yield on the 10year treasury note rose 47 basis points thursday to 3458 while the 2year treasury yield jumped 89 basis points to 3871  the highest since october 31 2007 based on 3 pm eastern time levels according to dow jones market data