Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Technology and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Telecoms, Utilities and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.17%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.38%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which rose 2.85% or 4.38 points to trade at 157.87 at the close. Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) added 2.79% or 11.00 points to end at 405.85 and Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) was up 0.86% or 1.22 points to 143.16 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO), which lost 5.51% or 3.13 points to trade at 53.63 in late trade. American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) declined 1.89% or 3.40 points to end at 176.21 and 3M Company (NYSE:MMM) shed 1.70% or 3.09 points to 178.77.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Macy’s Inc (NYSE:M) which rose 21.17% to 37.37, Kohls Corp (NYSE:KSS) which was up 10.62% to settle at 62.48 and NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) which gained 8.25% to close at 316.75.
The worst performers were Helmerich and Payne Inc (NYSE:HP) which was down 16.48% to 26.16 in late trade, Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NKTR) which lost 8.48% to settle at 11.76 and Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) which was down 5.51% to 53.63 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Longeveron LLC (NASDAQ:LGVN) which rose 135.27% to 6.870, Dicerna Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:DRNA) which was up 78.71% to settle at 38.03 and Virtuoso Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:VOSO) which gained 43.95% to close at 14.510.
The worst performers were Amtech Systems Inc (NASDAQ:ASYS) which was down 26.61% to 11.200 in late trade, Gracell Biotechnologies Inc. (NASDAQ:GRCL) which lost 22.12% to settle at 8.98 and Femasys Inc (NASDAQ:FEMY) which was down 20.53% to 5.11 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2145 to 1118 and 121 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2610 fell and 1133 advanced, while 179 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 2.81% to 17.59.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.45% or 8.45 to $1861.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.99% or 0.77 to hit $78.32 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.03% or 0.83 to trade at $81.11 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.46% to 1.1371, while USD/JPY rose 0.15% to 114.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 95.537.