Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors led shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.01%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.37%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.95%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK), which rose 2.30% or 2.56 points to trade at 113.72 at the close. Meanwhile, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) added 1.84% or 6.15 points to end at 339.71 and Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM) was up 1.76% or 3.69 points to 213.28 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which fell 3.04% or 6.45 points to trade at 205.63 at the close. JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) declined 1.93% or 2.74 points to end at 139.58 and International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) was down 1.89% or 2.52 points to 131.17.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) which rose 4.26% to 130.15, FedEx Corporation (NYSE:FDX) which was up 3.14% to settle at 232.93 and Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) which gained 3.10% to close at 172.24.
The worst performers were Generac Holdings Inc (NYSE:GNRC) which was down 5.12% to 124.78 in late trade, FactSet Research Systems Inc (NYSE:FDS) which lost 4.51% to settle at 404.26 and Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ:CZR) which was down 4.19% to 46.40 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Aeglea Bio Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:AGLE) which rose 328.67% to 0.46, ShiftPixy Inc (NASDAQ:PIXY) which was up 51.52% to settle at 2.00 and Barfresh Food Group Inc (NASDAQ:BRFH) which gained 35.92% to close at 1.40.
The worst performers were Allovir Inc (NASDAQ:ALVR) which was down 35.70% to 3.17 in late trade, Innovative Eyewear Inc (NASDAQ:LUCY) which lost 27.34% to settle at 1.01 and Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust Inc (NASDAQ:WHLR) which was down 24.54% to 0.50 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1941 to 988 and 96 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2200 fell and 1334 advanced, while 128 ended unchanged.
Shares in Allovir Inc (NASDAQ:ALVR) fell to all time lows; losing 35.70% or 1.76 to 3.17.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 2.20% to 12.91 a new 3-years low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.10% or 21.30 to $1,923.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 4.26% or 3.09 to hit $69.44 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 3.90% or 3.01 to trade at $74.11 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.32% to 1.10, while USD/JPY rose 0.87% to 143.12.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 102.02.