Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 1.39%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.56%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT), which rose 2.66% or 3.31 points to trade at 127.75 at the close. Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) added 1.94% or 0.89 points to end at 46.70 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was up 0.70% or 1.49 points to 214.32 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), which lost 7.76% or 3.28 points to trade at 39.01 in late trade. Raytheon Technologies Corp (NYSE:RTX) declined 4.75% or 2.90 points to end at 58.11 and Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) shed 4.18% or 3.61 points to 82.74.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were F5 Networks Inc (NASDAQ:FFIV) which rose 7.94% to 144.81, Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) which was up 7.16% to settle at 57.26 and Pentair PLC (NYSE:PNR) which gained 4.59% to close at 38.30.
The worst performers were Mohawk Industries Inc (NYSE:MHK) which was down 19.99% to 73.12 in late trade, Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES) which lost 9.41% to settle at 44.68 and TechnipFMC PLC (NYSE:FTI) which was down 8.34% to 6.81 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Golden Bull Ltd (NASDAQ:DNJR) which rose 62.00% to 2.4300, Nuzee Inc (NASDAQ:NUZE) which was up 40.97% to settle at 16.00 and Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation (NASDAQ:BGFV) which gained 39.58% to close at 2.68.
The worst performers were Bed Bath & Beyond Inc (NASDAQ:BBBY) which was down 24.50% to 7.86 in late trade, China Finance Online Co Limited (NASDAQ:JRJC) which lost 21.86% to settle at 7.97 and Vericity Inc (NASDAQ:VERY) which was down 17.88% to 8.13 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2178 to 618 and 65 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1903 fell and 766 advanced, while 38 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 4.20% to 29.26.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.70% or 12.70 to $1807.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 3.28% or 1.34 to hit $39.56 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.02 to trade at $42.36 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1285, while USD/JPY rose 0.04% to 107.23.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 96.752.