Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher while losses in the Financials, Healthcare and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.15%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.06%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), which rose 1.14% or 1.35 points to trade at 119.28 at the close. Meanwhile, The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV) added 1.07% or 1.23 points to end at 116.05 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was up 1.07% or 2.08 points to 196.32 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were American Express Company (NYSE:AXP), which fell 1.73% or 1.80 points to trade at 102.16 at the close. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) declined 1.14% or 2.35 points to end at 203.84 and Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) was down 0.95% or 0.32 points to 33.24.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were ViacomCBS Inc (NASDAQ:VIAC) which rose 5.15% to 24.50, HollyFrontier Corporation (NYSE:HFC) which was up 4.90% to settle at 32.56 and Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX) which gained 4.61% to close at 76.24.
The worst performers were Biogen Inc (NASDAQ:BIIB) which was down 7.52% to 260.30 in late trade, Ross Stores Inc (NASDAQ:ROST) which lost 4.45% to settle at 92.38 and Alliance Data Systems Corp (NYSE:ADS) which was down 3.58% to 48.78 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Alpine Immune Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:ALPN) which rose 134.98% to 10.95, Urban One Inc Bats (NASDAQ:UONE) which was up 96.70% to settle at 25.000 and Aethlon Medical Inc (NASDAQ:AEMD) which gained 89.36% to close at 2.670.
The worst performers were Globus Maritime Ltd (NASDAQ:GLBS) which was down 40.31% to 0.3820 in late trade, Atlantic American Corporation (NASDAQ:AAME) which lost 33.21% to settle at 1.850 and Arts-Way Manufacturing Co Inc (NASDAQ:ARTW) which was down 32.83% to 2.680 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1648 to 1200 and 84 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1356 fell and 1336 advanced, while 57 ended unchanged.
Shares in Alpine Immune Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:ALPN) rose to 52-week highs; rising 134.98% or 6.29 to 10.95.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 1.58% to 32.94.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.33% or 5.75 to $1729.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.32% or 0.88 to hit $38.84 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.03 to trade at $41.46 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1205, while USD/JPY rose 0.01% to 106.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 97.425.