Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Financials and Technology sectors led shares higher while losses in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.47%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.08%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD), which rose 2.13% or 3.37 points to trade at 161.61 at the close. Meanwhile, UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) added 1.82% or 4.10 points to end at 229.48 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) was up 1.33% or 2.03 points to 154.57 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which fell 1.89% or 0.98 points to trade at 50.88 at the close. DowDuPont Inc (NYSE:DWDP) declined 1.61% or 1.11 points to end at 67.88 and Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) was down 0.64% or 0.66 points to 103.24.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) which rose 4.75% to 93.44, Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ALXN) which was up 3.38% to settle at 126.83 and Broadcom Ltd (NASDAQ:AVGO) which gained 2.75% to close at 267.76.
The worst performers were EQT Corporation (NYSE:EQT) which was down 5.19% to 49.73 in late trade, Williams Companies Inc (NYSE:WMB) which lost 5.15% to settle at 26.69 and Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON) which was down 4.83% to 117.20 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Stein Mart Inc (NASDAQ:SMRT) which rose 67.53% to 1.29, KBS Fashion Group Ltd (NASDAQ:KBSF) which was up 46.76% to settle at 7.2500 and Image Sensing Systems Inc (NASDAQ:ISNS) which gained 44.26% to close at 4.400.
The worst performers were Solid Biosciences LLC (NASDAQ:SLDB) which was down 64.58% to 9.32 in late trade, Yield10 Bioscience Inc (NASDAQ:YTEN) which lost 27.27% to settle at 2.160 and Origin Agritech Limited (NASDAQ:SEED) which was down 27.01% to 1.000 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1932 to 1105 and 151 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1407 fell and 1119 advanced, while 116 ended unchanged.
Shares in Williams Companies Inc (NYSE:WMB) fell to 52-week lows; losing 5.15% or 1.45 to 26.69. Shares in Solid Biosciences LLC (NASDAQ:SLDB) fell to all time lows; losing 64.58% or 16.99 to 9.32. Shares in Image Sensing Systems Inc (NASDAQ:ISNS) rose to 52-week highs; rising 44.26% or 1.350 to 4.400.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.06% to 16.53.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.74% or 9.80 to $1315.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.38% or 0.23 to hit $61.19 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.17 to trade at $65.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.53% to 1.2302, while USD/JPY rose 0.06% to 106.37.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 90.16.