Major U.S. stock-indexes are trading lower on Thursday as Apple weighed on the major indexes. The company limited availability of the Apple Watch after a key component supplied by a Chinese company was found to be defective.

Also, equity markets were weak despite the release of encouraging economic data earlier in the day.

Most of the Dow stocks are trading in negative area (23 of 30). Top looser - Apple Inc. (APPL, -1.85%). Top gainer - General Electric Company (GE, +0.76%).

All S&P index sectors in negative area. Top looser - Utilities (-0.8%).

At the moment:

Dow 17896.00 -58.00 -0.32%

S&P 500 2092.00 -7.00 -0.33%

Nasdaq 100 4444.25 -35.50 -0.79%

10-year yield 2.10% +0.06

Oil 59.09 +0.51 +0.87%

Gold 1179.40 -30.60 -2.53%