U.S. stocks mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.13%

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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.13%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.46%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 1.25%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX), which rose 2.89% or 2.21 points to trade at 78.56 at the close. Meanwhile, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) added 2.86% or 1.01 points to end at 36.28 and Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) was up 2.43% or 3.97 points to 167.46 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which fell 2.95% or 3.41 points to trade at 112.13 at the close. Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) declined 2.68% or 1.37 points to end at 49.70 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was down 1.79% or 3.73 points to 205.05.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) which rose 10.66% to 6.75, Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) which was up 8.68% to settle at 11.64 and Diamondback Energy Inc (NASDAQ:FANG) which gained 7.90% to close at 32.91.

The worst performers were Illumina Inc (NASDAQ:ILMN) which was down 8.44% to 322.47 in late trade, BorgWarner Inc (NYSE:BWA) which lost 6.41% to settle at 39.56 and Nextera Energy Inc (NYSE:NEE) which was down 5.19% to 280.35 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Qurate Retail Inc Series B (NASDAQ:QRTEB) which rose 157.86% to 16.40, Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ARWR) which was up 40.33% to settle at 47.43 and Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:INO) which gained 35.88% to close at 18.52.

The worst performers were China Advanced Construction Materials Group Inc (NASDAQ:HHT) which was down 31.65% to 0.540 in late trade, Cinedigm Corp (NASDAQ:CIDM) which lost 17.52% to settle at 0.6730 and 8i Enterprises Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:JFK) which was down 17.01% to 8.39 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1887 to 1160 and 108 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1702 rose and 1129 declined, while 99 ended unchanged.

Shares in Qurate Retail Inc Series B (NASDAQ:QRTEB) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 157.86% or 10.04 to 16.40.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 1.76% to 26.04.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.05% or 0.90 to $1967.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 4.94% or 1.89 to hit $40.17 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $42.31 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1817, while USD/JPY rose 0.02% to 104.97.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 93.125.