U.S. stocks mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.17%

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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.17%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.05%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.01%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM), which rose 3.13% or 1.32 points to trade at 43.45 at the close. Meanwhile, UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) added 3.00% or 8.31 points to end at 285.33 and Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) was up 2.79% or 2.36 points to 86.80 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD), which fell 2.38% or 4.44 points to trade at 182.04 at the close. Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) declined 2.33% or 3.06 points to end at 128.53 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) was down 1.76% or 1.06 points to 59.04.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Cimarex Energy Co (NYSE:XEC) which rose 12.54% to 22.80, Apache Corporation (NYSE:APA) which was up 11.46% to settle at 10.50 and Alliance Data Systems Corp (NYSE:ADS) which gained 10.11% to close at 40.39.

The worst performers were Invesco Plc (NYSE:IVZ) which was down 21.13% to 7.24 in late trade, Citrix Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CTXS) which lost 6.68% to settle at 141.56 and TechnipFMC PLC (NYSE:FTI) which was down 6.66% to 7.71 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Oasis Petroleum Inc (NASDAQ:OAS) which rose 134.68% to 0.670, Abraxas Petroleum Corporation (NASDAQ:AXAS) which was up 122.91% to settle at 0.2900 and KLX Energy Services Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:KLXE) which gained 54.46% to close at 1.13.

The worst performers were Liberty Tripadvisor Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LTRPB) which was down 18.06% to 27.11 in late trade, Rewalk Robotics Ltd (NASDAQ:RWLK) which lost 17.07% to settle at 1.020 and NETGEAR Inc (NASDAQ:NTGR) which was down 16.76% to 21.66 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1742 to 1142 and 53 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1608 rose and 1050 declined, while 63 ended unchanged.

Shares in Invesco Plc (NYSE:IVZ) fell to 5-year lows; down 21.13% or 1.94 to 7.24.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 1.43% to 41.38.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.75% or 13.00 to $1751.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 22.28% or 3.07 to hit $16.85 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.24% or 0.27 to trade at $21.55 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.0777, while USD/JPY rose 0.02% to 107.61.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 100.607.