Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Industrials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.09%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.11%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which rose 2.84% or 8.79 points to trade at 317.79 at the close. Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) added 1.29% or 0.52 points to end at 40.71 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) was up 0.94% or 0.59 points to 63.32 in late trade.
Biggest losers included The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV), which lost 5.06% or 7.15 points to trade at 134.19 in late trade. Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) declined 1.41% or 1.47 points to end at 103.02 and Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) shed 1.26% or 1.81 points to 142.20.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Citrix Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CTXS) which rose 7.76% to 128.48, Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) which was up 7.24% to settle at 349.60 and American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) which gained 5.42% to close at 28.80.
The worst performers were VF Corporation (NYSE:VFC) which was down 9.69% to 85.41 in late trade, Raymond James Financial Inc (NYSE:RJF) which lost 6.17% to settle at 91.24 and The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV) which was down 5.06% to 134.19 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Trans World Entertainment Corp (NASDAQ:TWMC) which rose 202.16% to 6.980, Co-Diagnostics Inc (NASDAQ:CODX) which was up 79.65% to settle at 2.030 and Innovate Biopharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:INNT) which gained 38.53% to close at 0.9100.
The worst performers were Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:TTPH) which was down 30.73% to 2.660 in late trade, Genprex Inc (NASDAQ:GNPX) which lost 25.93% to settle at 1.4000 and SenesTech Inc (NASDAQ:SNES) which was down 22.18% to 0.4490 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1407 to 1362 and 125 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1455 fell and 1183 advanced, while 76 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.54% to 12.98.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.35% or 5.40 to $1562.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.83% or 1.04 to hit $55.70 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.08% or 0.05 to trade at $62.04 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.1054, while USD/JPY rose 0.01% to 109.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 97.450.