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.