U.S. stocks mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.54%

Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services , Consumer Goods and Technology sectors led shares higher while losses in the Healthcare , Industrials and Financials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.54%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.30%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.25%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN ), which rose 2.63% or 4.56 points to trade at 177.89 at the close. Meanwhile, Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK ) added 2.41% or 2.79 points to end at 118.59 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL ) was up 0.69% or 1.53 points to 222.38 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO ), which fell 1.92% or 1.39 points to trade at 71.17 at the close. Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN ) declined 1.90% or 6.28 points to end at 324.36 and Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH ) was down 1.44% or 8.69 points to 595.49.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Dollar Tree Inc (NASDAQ:DLTR ) which rose 7.73% to 68.47, MarketAxess Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:MKTX ) which was up 6.68% to settle at 258.02 and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA ) which gained 4.90% to close at 230.17.

The worst performers were McKesson Corporation (NYSE:MCK ) which was down 9.90% to 514.75 in late trade, Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc (NYSE:ZBH ) which lost 8.74% to settle at 104.47 and Copart Inc (NASDAQ:CPRT ) which was down 6.67% to 49.51 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Draganfly Inc (NASDAQ:DPRO ) which rose 2,136.21% to 2.31, Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust Inc (NASDAQ:WHLR ) which was up 301.94% to settle at 4.14 and Eastside Distilling Inc (NASDAQ:EAST ) which gained 89.22% to close at 1.44.

The worst performers were Singularity Future Technology Ltd (NASDAQ:SGLY ) which was down 63.15% to 2.48 in late trade, Autozi Internet Technology (NASDAQ:AZI ) which lost 34.66% to settle at 1.81 and Big Tree Cloud Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:DSY ) which was down 33.01% to 4.12 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1615 to 1197 and 96 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1928 fell and 1377 advanced, while 128 ended unchanged.

Shares in Draganfly Inc (NASDAQ:DPRO ) rose to all time lows; rising 2,136.21% or 2.21 to 2.31. Shares in Autozi Internet Technology (NASDAQ:AZI ) fell to all time lows; falling 34.66% or 0.96 to 1.81.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 6.66% to 19.90.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.82% or 20.70 to $2,546.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $69.16 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $72.67 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 1.11, while USD/JPY fell 0.22% to 143.41.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 101.03.

Source: Investing.com