U.S. stocks closed lower Thursday as a lack of resolution on Greece debt talks and declining transports weighed on investor sentiment. In U.S. economic news, weekly initial jobless claims came in at 282,000, up slightly from last week's 274,000 read. Pending home sales rose 3.4 percent in April, their highest in 9 years. The dollar hit a nearly 13-year high against the yen before trading around 123 yen, while the euro traded above $1.09. Light sweet crude oil for July delivery gained 17 cents to $57.68 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while gold futures increased $2.50 to $1,188.10 an ounce. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 36.87, or 0.20 percent, to 18,126.12. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index lost 2.69, or 0.13 percent, to 2,120.79. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index fell 8.62, or 0.17 percent, to 5,097.98.