Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher while losses in the Utilities, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.20%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.02%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM), which rose 2.63% or 6.23 points to trade at 242.76 at the close. Meanwhile, Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) added 2.05% or 3.72 points to end at 185.00 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) was up 1.48% or 1.40 points to 95.72 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which fell 1.17% or 0.36 points to trade at 30.42 at the close. 3M Company (NYSE:MMM) declined 0.85% or 0.84 points to end at 98.22 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) was down 0.78% or 3.58 points to 458.10.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Illumina Inc (NASDAQ:ILMN) which rose 7.42% to 114.72, PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL) which was up 5.49% to settle at 67.02 and MarketAxess Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:MKTX) which gained 4.86% to close at 205.97.
The worst performers were NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG) which was down 4.56% to 77.83 in late trade, Hubbell Inc (NYSE:HUBB) which lost 4.11% to settle at 365.94 and Eaton Corporation PLC (NYSE:ETN) which was down 4.02% to 313.46 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Virax Biolabs Group Ltd (NASDAQ:VRAX) which rose 85.85% to 1.97, SilverSun Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:QXO) which was up 68.61% to settle at 220.00 and Fibrobiologics Inc (NASDAQ:FBLG) which gained 53.88% to close at 10.31.
The worst performers were Cue Health Inc (OTC:HLTHQ) which was down 79.95% to 0.01 in late trade, Plutonian Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:PLTN) which lost 58.10% to settle at 2.43 and Actelis Networks Inc (NASDAQ:ASNS) which was down 47.04% to 1.97 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1543 to 1290 and 99 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2008 fell and 1316 advanced, while 169 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cue Health Inc (OTC:HLTHQ) fell to all time lows; losing 79.95% or 0.03 to 0.01. Shares in SilverSun Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:QXO) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 68.61% or 89.52 to 220.00. Shares in Plutonian Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:PLTN) fell to all time lows; down 58.10% or 3.37 to 2.43.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.40% to 12.58.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.70% or 16.60 to $2,392.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.01% or 1.49 to hit $75.56 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.87% or 1.47 to trade at $79.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.21% to 1.09, while USD/JPY fell 0.29% to 155.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 104.07.