U.S. stocks mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.06%

Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Utilities and Financials sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.06%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.22%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.52%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH), which rose 2.96% or 14.17 points to trade at 493.16 at the close. Meanwhile, The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV) added 1.88% or 3.88 points to end at 210.46 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) was up 0.95% or 0.90 points to 95.74 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), which fell 1.82% or 7.51 points to trade at 404.33 at the close. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) declined 1.79% or 0.64 points to end at 35.04 and Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM) was down 1.62% or 4.47 points to 271.85.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Genuine Parts Co (NYSE:GPC) which rose 11.22% to 160.24, United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UAL) which was up 5.50% to settle at 51.42 and Estee Lauder Companies Inc (NYSE:EL) which gained 4.93% to close at 144.84.

The worst performers were Las Vegas Sands Corp (NYSE:LVS) which was down 8.64% to 45.89 in late trade, Equifax Inc (NYSE:EFX) which lost 8.45% to settle at 217.60 and Snap-On Inc (NYSE:SNA) which was down 7.62% to 261.89 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were AGBA Acquisition Ltd (NASDAQ:AGBA) which rose 152.54% to 1.02, iSpecimen Inc (NASDAQ:ISPC) which was up 97.65% to settle at 0.42 and Tian Ruixiang Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:TIRX) which gained 64.95% to close at 0.80.

The worst performers were WiSA Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:WISA) which was down 36.32% to 5.89 in late trade, Supercom Ltd (NASDAQ:SPCB) which lost 33.31% to settle at 0.24 and Murano Global Investments Plc (NASDAQ:MRNO) which was down 31.24% to 7.22 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1442 to 1417 and 75 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1748 fell and 1592 advanced, while 146 ended unchanged.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 1.15% to 18.00.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.22% or 5.35 to $2,393.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.13% or 0.11 to hit $82.58 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.40% or 0.35 to trade at $86.94 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.25% to 1.06, while USD/JPY rose 0.18% to 154.65.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 106.00.