Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.11% to hit a new 1-month low, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.88%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 1.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), which rose 3.85% or 12.07 points to trade at 325.92 at the close. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) added 1.27% or 4.07 points to end at 323.88 and Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) was up 1.28% or 0.62 points to 49.03 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which lost 5.52% or 1.60 points to trade at 27.40 in late trade. Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) declined 2.93% or 1.05 points to end at 34.82 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) shed 2.66% or 0.82 points to 29.97.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) which rose 24.37% to 379.82, Monolithic Power Systems Inc (NASDAQ:MPWR) which was up 17.46% to settle at 488.32 and Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) which gained 11.16% to close at 120.35.
The worst performers were Dollar Tree Inc (NASDAQ:DLTR) which was down 12.03% to 136.66 in late trade, Illumina Inc (NASDAQ:ILMN) which lost 8.99% to settle at 193.53 and First Republic Bank (OTC:FRCB) which was down 8.62% to 0.28 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Wearable Devices Ltd (NASDAQ:WLDS) which rose 211.46% to 1.41, Beamr Imaging Ltd (NASDAQ:BMR) which was up 116.59% to settle at 4.96 and Nano Labs Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:NA) which gained 63.45% to close at 2.37.
The worst performers were Annexon Inc (NASDAQ:ANNX) which was down 59.38% to 2.10 in late trade, Biocept Inc (NASDAQ:BIOC) which lost 45.41% to settle at 2.32 and Digital Turbine Inc (NASDAQ:APPS) which was down 42.97% to 8.23 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1980 to 1002 and 99 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2498 fell and 1083 advanced, while 155 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.44% to 19.14.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.21% or 23.70 to $1,940.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.32% or 2.47 to hit $71.87 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.87% or 2.25 to trade at $76.11 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 1.07, while USD/JPY rose 0.45% to 140.10.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 104.19.