U.S. stocks mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.09%

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 declined 0.09%, while the index climbed 0.11%, and the index climbed 0.20%.

The best performers of the session on the were Boeing Co (NYSE:), which rose 2.84% or 8.79 points to trade at 317.79 at the close. Meanwhile, Pfizer Inc (NYSE:) added 1.29% or 0.52 points to end at 40.71 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:) was up 0.94% or 0.59 points to 63.32 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:), which fell 5.06% or 7.15 points to trade at 134.19 at the close. Nike Inc (NYSE:) declined 1.41% or 1.47 points to end at 103.02 and Walt Disney Company (NYSE:) was down 1.26% or 1.81 points to 142.20.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Citrix Systems Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 7.76% to 128.48, Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 7.24% to settle at 349.60 and American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:) which gained 5.42% to close at 28.80.

The worst performers were VF Corporation (NYSE:) which was down 9.69% to 85.41 in late trade, Raymond James Financial Inc (NYSE:) which lost 6.17% to settle at 91.24 and The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:) which was down 5.06% to 134.19 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Trans World Entertainment Corp (NASDAQ:) which rose 202.16% to 6.980, Co-Diagnostics Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 79.65% to settle at 2.030 and Innovate Biopharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 38.53% to close at 0.9100.

The worst performers were Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 30.73% to 2.660 in late trade, Genprex Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 25.93% to settle at 1.4000 and SenesTech Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 22.18% to 0.4490 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1407 to 1362 and 125 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1455 fell and 1183 advanced, while 76 ended unchanged.

Shares in Citrix Systems Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to all time highs; gaining 7.76% or 9.25 to 128.48. Shares in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:) rose to 5-year highs; up 0.94% or 0.59 to 63.32. Shares in SenesTech Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to 52-week lows; losing 22.18% or 0.1280 to 0.4490.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.54% to 12.98.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.35% or 5.40 to $1562.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, 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 1.1055, while USD/JPY rose 0.01% to 109.50.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 97.450.

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