Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas , Consumer Goods and Utilities sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology , Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.33%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.13%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE ), which rose 4.13% or 2.21 points to trade at 55.76 at the close. Meanwhile, Boeing Co (NYSE: BA ) added 3.47% or 5.43 points to end at 161.90 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD ) was up 2.62% or 9.07 points to 355.06 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unitedhealth Group (NYSE: UNH ), which fell 22.38% or 130.96 points to trade at 454.08 at the close. NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA ) declined 2.93% or 3.07 points to end at 101.49 and Amgen Inc (NASDAQ: AMGN ) was down 1.90% or 5.36 points to 277.28.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY ) which rose 14.29% to 839.90, Fidelity National Information Services Inc (NYSE: FIS ) which was up 8.65% to settle at 74.58 and Dollar Tree Inc (NASDAQ: DLTR ) which gained 8.10% to close at 79.14.
The worst performers were Unitedhealth Group (NYSE: UNH ) which was down 22.38% to 454.08 in late trade, Global Payments Inc (NYSE: GPN ) which lost 17.43% to settle at 69.46 and Snap-On Inc (NYSE: SNA ) which was down 8.00% to 305.44 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Kazia Therapeutics Ltd ADR (NASDAQ: KZIA ) which rose 366.17% to 3.30, Motorsport Gaming Us LLC (NASDAQ: MSGM ) which was up 145.54% to settle at 2.75 and China SXT Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: SXTC ) which gained 116.00% to close at 2.16.
The worst performers were Lixiang Education Holding Co Ltd (NASDAQ: LXEH ) which was down 68.55% to 6.84 in late trade, Click Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ: CLIK ) which lost 48.18% to settle at 0.36 and iOThree Ltd (NASDAQ: IOTR ) which was down 37.84% to 1.15 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2075 to 702 and 63 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2162 rose and 1106 declined, while 142 ended unchanged.
Shares in Unitedhealth Group (NYSE: UNH ) fell to 52-week lows; down 22.38% or 130.96 to 454.08. Shares in Global Payments Inc (NYSE: GPN ) fell to 5-year lows; falling 17.43% or 14.66 to 69.46. Shares in Unitedhealth Group (NYSE: UNH ) fell to 52-week lows; down 22.38% or 130.96 to 454.08. Shares in Kazia Therapeutics Ltd ADR (NASDAQ: KZIA ) rose to all time lows; up 366.17% or 2.59 to 3.30. Shares in Click Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ: CLIK ) fell to all time lows; down 48.18% or 0.33 to 0.36. Shares in iOThree Ltd (NASDAQ: IOTR ) fell to all time lows; falling 37.84% or 0.70 to 1.15.
The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 9.16% to 29.65.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.22% or 7.50 to $3,338.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.95% or 1.84 to hit $64.31 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.63% or 1.73 to trade at $67.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 1.14, while USD/JPY rose 0.35% to 142.40.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 99.15.