U.S. stocks mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.47%

Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher while losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the added 0.47% to hit a new 52-week high, while the index declined 0.68%, and the index lost 2.05%.

The best performers of the session on the were Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:), which rose 6.09% or 9.66 points to trade at 168.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:) added 3.05% or 10.38 points to end at 350.93 and Boeing Co (NYSE:) was up 2.37% or 4.95 points to 213.55 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:), which fell 3.16% or 1.09 points to trade at 33.37 at the close. Salesforce Inc (NYSE:) declined 2.67% or 6.26 points to end at 228.11 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:) was down 2.31% or 8.21 points to 346.87.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Zions Bancorporation (NASDAQ:) which rose 9.98% to 37.90, Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:) which was up 6.09% to settle at 168.40 and Allstate Corp (NYSE:) which gained 5.80% to close at 111.93.

The worst performers were Discover Financial Services (NYSE:) which was down 15.92% to 102.45 in late trade, Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 9.74% to settle at 262.90 and Equifax Inc (NYSE:) which was down 8.94% to 216.25 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Guardforce AI Co Ltd (NASDAQ:) which rose 57.46% to 6.44, Evelo Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 52.40% to settle at 9.86 and Sirius XM Holding Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 42.26% to close at 7.81.

The worst performers were Vir Biotechnology Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 44.90% to 12.70 in late trade, Netcapital Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 41.88% to settle at 0.68 and Durect Corporation (NASDAQ:) which was down 33.13% to 3.29 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1716 to 1232 and 79 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2251 fell and 1283 advanced, while 102 ended unchanged.

Shares in Vir Biotechnology Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to 3-years lows; down 44.90% or 10.35 to 12.70. Shares in Netcapital Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to 5-year lows; losing 41.88% or 0.49 to 0.68. Shares in Sirius XM Holding Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 42.26% or 2.32 to 7.81. Shares in Durect Corporation (NASDAQ:) fell to 5-year lows; down 33.13% or 1.63 to 3.29.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 1.67% to 13.99.

Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.46% or 9.05 to $1,971.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.61% or 0.46 to hit $75.75 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.29% or 0.23 to trade at $79.69 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.61% to 1.11, while USD/JPY rose 0.29% to 140.07.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 100.54.