Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after Thursday’s close, with gains in the , and sectors lifting stocks, while losses in the , and sectors pulling shares lower.
At the close on NYSE, the index added 0.20%, while the index fell 0.02% and the index lost 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the stock market were Salesforce Inc (NYSE:), which rose 2.63% or 6.23 points to trade at 242.76 at the close. Meanwhile, Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:) added 2.05% or 3.72 points to end at 185.00 and Nike Inc (NYSE:) rose 1.48% or 1.40 points to 95.72 in late trading.
The worst performers of the session were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:), which fell 1.17% or 0.36 points to close at 30.42. 3M Company (NYSE:) fell 0.85% or 0.84 points to end at 98.22 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:) fell 0.78% or 3.58 points to 458.10.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Illumina Inc (NASDAQ:), which rose 7.42% to 114.72, PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) rose 5.49% to close at 67.02, and MarketAxess Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) rose 4.86% to 205.97.
The worst performers were NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:) which fell 4.56% to 77.83 in late trading, Hubbell Inc (NYSE:) which lost 4.11% to settle at 365.94 and Eaton Corporation PLC (NYSE :), which fell 4.02% to 313.46 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Virax Biolabs Group Ltd (NASDAQ:) rose 85.85% to 1.97, SilverSun Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:) rose 68.61% to 220.00 and Fibrobiological drugs Inc (NASDAQ:), which gained 53.88% to close at 10.31.
The worst performers were Cue Health Inc (OTC :), which fell 79.95% to 0.01 in late trading, Plutonian takeover Corp (NASDAQ:) lost 58.10% to settle at 2.43 and Actelis networks Inc (NASDAQ:), which fell 47.04% to 1.97 at the close.
From 1543 to 1290, falling stocks outnumbered rising stocks on the New York Stock Exchange, and 99 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2008 fell and 1316 advanced, while 169 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cue Health Inc (OTC:) fell to an all-time low; loss of 79.95% or 0.03 to 0.01. Shares in SilverSun Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to a five-year high; gain of 68.61% or 89.52 to 220.00. Shares in Plutonian Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:) fell to a record low; a decrease from 58.10% or 3.37 to 2.43.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, fell 0.40% to 12.58.
Gold futures for August rose 0.70% or 16.60 to $2,392.10 per troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for July delivery rose 2.01% or 1.49 to $75.56 per barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.87% or 1.47 to $79.88 per barrel. barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged by 0.21% to 1.09, while USD/JPY fell by 0.29% to 155.64.
US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.14% to 104.07.