Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.03%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.09%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Visa Inc (NYSE:V), which rose 1.13% or 1.73 points to trade at 154.20 at the close. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) added 1.11% or 2.02 points to end at 183.73 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) was up 1.09% or 0.94 points to 86.87 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE), which lost 1.95% or 0.82 points to trade at 41.19 in late trade. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) declined 1.71% or 0.93 points to end at 53.44 and DowDuPont Inc (NYSE:DWDP) shed 1.56% or 0.87 points to 55.03.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were TechnipFMC PLC (NYSE:FTI) which rose 4.98% to 22.99, KKR & Co LP (F:KR51) which was up 4.58% to settle at 21.24 and Lam Research Corp (NASDAQ:LRCX) which gained 3.59% to close at 176.53.
The worst performers were Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) which was down 7.49% to 111.64 in late trade, L Brands Inc (NYSE:LB) which lost 3.14% to settle at 26.23 and Assurant Inc (NYSE:AIZ) which was down 3.04% to 98.20 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Atossa Genetics Inc (NASDAQ:ATOS) which rose 368.21% to 7.0700, Oxbridge Re Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:OXBR) which was up 54.17% to settle at 1.48 and Ritter Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:RTTR) which gained 40.53% to close at 1.199.
The worst performers were Legacy Reserves Inc (NASDAQ:LGCY) which was down 58.13% to 0.58 in late trade, FTD Companies Inc (NASDAQ:FTD) which lost 22.70% to settle at 1.26 and CHF Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:CHFS) which was down 21.57% to 3.490 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1623 to 1363 and 111 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1448 fell and 1163 advanced, while 101 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.67% to 13.50.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.03% or 13.55 to $1295.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.41% or 0.24 to hit $58.50 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.59% or 0.40 to trade at $67.15 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.21% to 1.1301, while USD/JPY rose 0.49% to 111.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 96.765.