U.S. stocks mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.01%

Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher while losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the fell 0.01% to hit a new all time high, while the index added 0.08%, and the index fell 0.04%.

The best performers of the session on the were Boeing Co (NYSE:), which rose 1.36% or 4.94 points to trade at 367.44 at the close. Meanwhile, UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:) added 0.89% or 2.26 points to end at 255.83 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:) was up 0.75% or 1.75 points to 236.55 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:), which fell 7.33% or 3.55 points to trade at 44.91 at the close. Walt Disney Company (NYSE:) declined 1.06% or 1.57 points to end at 147.15 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:) was down 0.73% or 1.05 points to 143.44.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were DXC Technology Co (NYSE:) which rose 3.55% to 35.83, NetApp Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 3.18% to settle at 61.98 and Mosaic Co (NYSE:) which gained 3.10% to close at 20.29.

The worst performers were Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 7.33% to 44.91 in late trade, Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:) which lost 5.90% to settle at 30.96 and CenterPoint Energy Inc (NYSE:) which was down 4.98% to 26.69 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Sienna Biopharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 68.75% to 0.27, Astrotech Corp (NASDAQ:) which was up 43.70% to settle at 1.710 and Microvision Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 31.59% to close at 0.979.

The worst performers were VistaGen Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 72.16% to 0.300 in late trade, Leap Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 45.48% to settle at 0.63 and Lipocine Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 41.55% to 0.40 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1556 to 1264 and 103 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1486 fell and 1149 advanced, while 83 ended unchanged.

Shares in CenterPoint Energy Inc (NYSE:) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.98% or 1.40 to 26.69. Shares in VistaGen Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 72.16% or 0.778 to 0.300. Shares in Leap Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 45.48% or 0.52 to 0.63. Shares in Lipocine Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 41.55% or 0.28 to 0.40.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.38% to 13.05.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.59% or 8.70 to $1472.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.37% or 0.21 to hit $56.91 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $62.34 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1022, while USD/JPY rose 0.01% to 108.41.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 98.028.

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