Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Financials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.15%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.33%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Honeywell International Inc (NASDAQ:HON), which rose 2.20% or 5.02 points to trade at 232.79 at the close. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) added 1.27% or 5.25 points to end at 420.00 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) was up 1.05% or 3.36 points to 322.58 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM), which lost 2.01% or 4.88 points to trade at 237.55 in late trade. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) declined 1.34% or 0.63 points to end at 46.25 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) shed 1.24% or 0.70 points to 55.82.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG) which rose 3.53% to 48.05, U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) which was up 3.26% to settle at 58.85 and Truist Financial Corp (NYSE:TFC) which gained 2.61% to close at 55.85.
The worst performers were Teleflex Incorporated (NYSE:TFX) which was down 9.86% to 376.11 in late trade, Biogen Inc (NASDAQ:BIIB) which lost 6.79% to settle at 328.16 and Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ:WDC) which was down 4.44% to 66.90 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Liquid Media Group Ltd (NASDAQ:YVR) which rose 67.09% to 2.6400, Cinedigm Corp (NASDAQ:CIDM) which was up 37.04% to settle at 1.4800 and ATA Inc (NASDAQ:AACG) which gained 28.02% to close at 3.815.
The worst performers were Imv Inc (NASDAQ:IMV) which was down 30.29% to 1.450 in late trade, 1895 of Wisconsin Inc Bancorp (NASDAQ:BCOW) which lost 28.82% to settle at 11.19 and Marin Software Inc (NASDAQ:MRIN) which was down 27.36% to 9.93 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1982 to 1162 and 146 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2115 fell and 1346 advanced, while 156 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 4.16% to 17.01.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.29% or 5.25 to $1830.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.17% or 1.59 to hit $71.54 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.97% or 1.47 to trade at $73.29 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.19% to 1.1812, while USD/JPY fell 0.17% to 109.81.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 92.578.