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U.S. stocks mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.11%

Published 01/14/2020, 05:25 PM
Updated 01/14/2020, 05:25 PM
© Reuters.  U.S. stocks mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.11%

© Reuters. U.S. stocks mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.11%

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

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.11%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.15%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.24%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE), which rose 1.67% or 0.66 points to trade at 40.07 at the close. Meanwhile, JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) added 1.17% or 1.60 points to end at 138.80 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) was up 1.04% or 0.56 points to 54.62 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which fell 1.35% or 4.28 points to trade at 312.68 at the close. Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM) declined 0.86% or 0.60 points to end at 69.20 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was down 0.70% or 1.15 points to 162.13.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Perrigo Company PLC (NYSE:PRGO) which rose 12.60% to 56.91, Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:INCY) which was up 5.67% to settle at 81.47 and Apache Corporation (NYSE:APA) which gained 4.94% to close at 33.59.

The worst performers were Boston Scientific Corp (NYSE:BSX) which was down 6.18% to 42.6600 in late trade, Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) which lost 5.39% to settle at 49.30 and Martin Marietta Materials Inc (NYSE:MLM) which was down 4.19% to 260.75 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were RTI Surgical Inc (NASDAQ:RTIX) which rose 63.41% to 4.510, Inpixon (NASDAQ:INPX) which was up 54.79% to settle at 5.6500 and IRIDEX Corporation (NASDAQ:IRIX) which gained 48.73% to close at 3.51.

The worst performers were Eloxx Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ELOX) which was down 30.34% to 5.280 in late trade, Stemline Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:STML) which lost 30.33% to settle at 6.570 and Torchlight Energ (NASDAQ:TRCH) which was down 28.88% to 0.6300 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1593 to 1240 and 85 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1326 rose and 1324 declined, while 75 ended unchanged.

Shares in Perrigo Company PLC (NYSE:PRGO) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 12.60% or 6.37 to 56.91. Shares in Stemline Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:STML) fell to 52-week lows; falling 30.33% or 2.860 to 6.570. Shares in Torchlight Energ (NASDAQ:TRCH) fell to 52-week lows; losing 28.88% or 0.2559 to 0.6300.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.57% to 12.39.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.24% or 3.70 to $1546.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.09% or 0.05 to hit $58.13 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $64.43 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.00% to 1.1127, while USD/JPY rose 0.02% to 110.00.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 97.125.

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