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 rose 0.06%, while the index declined 0.22%, and the index declined 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the were UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:), which rose 2.96% or 14.17 points to trade at 493.16 at the close. Meanwhile, The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:) added 1.88% or 3.88 points to end at 210.46 and Nike Inc (NYSE:) was up 0.95% or 0.90 points to 95.74 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:), which fell 1.82% or 7.51 points to trade at 404.33 at the close. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:) declined 1.79% or 0.64 points to end at 35.04 and Salesforce Inc (NYSE:) was down 1.62% or 4.47 points to 271.85.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Genuine Parts Co (NYSE:) which rose 11.22% to 160.24, United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 5.50% to settle at 51.42 and Estee Lauder Companies Inc (NYSE:) which gained 4.93% to close at 144.84.
The worst performers were Las Vegas Sands Corp (NYSE:) which was down 8.64% to 45.89 in late trade, Equifax Inc (NYSE:) which lost 8.45% to settle at 217.60 and Snap-On Inc (NYSE:) which was down 7.62% to 261.89 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were AGBA Acquisition Ltd (NASDAQ:) which rose 152.54% to 1.02, iSpecimen Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 97.65% to settle at 0.42 and Tian Ruixiang Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:) which gained 64.95% to close at 0.80.
The worst performers were WiSA Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 36.32% to 5.89 in late trade, Supercom Ltd (NASDAQ:) which lost 33.31% to settle at 0.24 and Murano Global Investments Plc (NASDAQ:) which was down 31.24% to 7.22 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1442 to 1417 and 75 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1748 fell and 1592 advanced, while 146 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 1.15% to 18.00.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.22% or 5.35 to $2,393.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.13% or 0.11 to hit $82.58 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.40% or 0.35 to trade at $86.94 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.25% to 1.06, while USD/JPY rose 0.18% to 154.65.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 106.00.
