U.S. stocks mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.07%

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

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.07%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.04%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.05%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Honeywell International Inc (NASDAQ:HON ), which rose 1.29% or 2.95 points to trade at 231.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH ) added 1.00% or 5.05 points to end at 511.15 and Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG ) was up 0.72% or 1.22 points to 170.16 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN ), which fell 0.87% or 2.00 points to trade at 227.05 at the close. Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM ) declined 0.79% or 2.71 points to end at 341.72 and Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN ) was down 0.51% or 1.35 points to 263.14.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA ) which rose 5.28% to 9.68, Amentum Holdings LLC (NYSE:AMTM ) which was up 3.94% to settle at 20.59 and Dollar Tree Inc (NASDAQ:DLTR ) which gained 3.83% to close at 76.19.

The worst performers were Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE:FICO ) which was down 2.01% to 2,062.71 in late trade, Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA ) which lost 1.76% to settle at 454.13 and Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:SMCI ) which was down 1.72% to 33.74 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were reAlpha Tech Corp (NASDAQ:AIRE ) which rose 161.31% to 3.58, Scisparc Ltd (NASDAQ:SPRC ) which was up 126.04% to settle at 0.50 and Zoomcar Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:ZCAR ) which gained 97.90% to close at 2.83.

The worst performers were CorVel Corp (NASDAQ:CRVL ) which was down 66.91% to 114.96 in late trade, Linkers Industries Ltd (NASDAQ:LNKS ) which lost 65.59% to settle at 3.30 and Graphjet Technology (NASDAQ:GTI ) which was down 44.51% to 0.34 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1740 to 1043 and 85 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2309 rose and 992 declined, while 100 ended unchanged.

Shares in reAlpha Tech Corp (NASDAQ:AIRE ) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 161.31% or 2.21 to 3.58. Shares in Linkers Industries Ltd (NASDAQ:LNKS ) fell to all time lows; losing 65.59% or 6.29 to 3.30.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 3.22% to 14.73.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.70% or 18.39 to $2,653.89 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.66% or 0.46 to hit $69.64 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.46% or 0.34 to trade at $72.83 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 1.04, while USD/JPY rose 0.38% to 158.01.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 107.88.

Source: Investing.com