Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher while losses in the Telecoms, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.18%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.11%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX), which rose 2.80% or 2.53 points to trade at 92.97 at the close. Meanwhile, The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV) added 1.53% or 2.06 points to end at 136.97 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) was up 1.12% or 1.36 points to 123.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ), which fell 1.60% or 0.98 points to trade at 60.48 at the close. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) declined 1.34% or 4.61 points to end at 339.81 and International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) was down 1.11% or 1.41 points to 125.38.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) which rose 9.95% to 21.32, Apache Corporation (NASDAQ:APA) which was up 9.59% to settle at 16.46 and Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) which gained 8.34% to close at 51.17.
The worst performers were Martin Marietta Materials Inc (NYSE:MLM) which was down 4.38% to 265.04 in late trade, CenturyLink Inc (NYSE:LUMN) which lost 3.92% to settle at 10.04 and BorgWarner Inc (NYSE:BWA) which was down 3.81% to 38.34 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Immutep Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:IMMP) which rose 184.72% to 6.150, Sellas Life Sciences Group Inc (NASDAQ:SLS) which was up 153.68% to settle at 16.21 and Veru Inc (NASDAQ:VERU) which gained 57.07% to close at 6.11.
The worst performers were ZW Data Action Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:CNET) which was down 31.53% to 1.390 in late trade, Oncternal Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ONCT) which lost 26.19% to settle at 4.65 and GeoVax Labs Inc (NASDAQ:GOVX) which was down 25.83% to 4.2500 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1606 to 1465 and 100 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1770 rose and 1210 declined, while 76 ended unchanged.
Shares in Immutep Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:IMMP) rose to 5-year highs; up 184.72% or 3.990 to 6.150. Shares in Sellas Life Sciences Group Inc (NASDAQ:SLS) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 153.68% or 9.82 to 16.21. Shares in Veru Inc (NASDAQ:VERU) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 57.07% or 2.22 to 6.11.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.31% to 22.34.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.06% or 1.10 to $1839.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 3.05% or 1.39 to hit $46.91 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 3.11% or 1.52 to trade at $50.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.50% to 1.2142, while USD/JPY fell 0.02% to 104.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 90.763.