U.S. stocks mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.09%

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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.09%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.12%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.10%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), which rose 2.33% or 2.48 points to trade at 109.11 at the close. Meanwhile, Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) added 1.28% or 0.66 points to end at 52.15 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) was up 1.26% or 0.49 points to 39.48 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), which fell 1.22% or 1.41 points to trade at 114.35 at the close. Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:V) declined 1.18% or 2.55 points to end at 213.32 and McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) was down 0.94% or 2.43 points to 256.80.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Penn National Gaming Inc (NASDAQ:PENN) which rose 5.56% to 36.05, Gap Inc (NYSE:GPS) which was up 5.44% to settle at 10.27 and General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) which gained 4.16% to close at 37.56.

The worst performers were Tyson Foods Inc (NYSE:TSN) which was down 8.40% to 80.10 in late trade, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) which lost 6.30% to settle at 177.93 and Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:ENPH) which was down 4.38% to 287.74 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Helbiz Inc (NASDAQ:HLBZ) which rose 114.64% to 1.61, TOP Financial Group Ltd (NASDAQ:TOP) which was up 102.66% to settle at 20.57 and Karuna Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:KRTX) which gained 71.84% to close at 241.19.

The worst performers were Reata Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:RETA) which was down 32.61% to 24.06 in late trade, Uniqure NV (NASDAQ:QURE) which lost 27.02% to settle at 18.64 and Nuzee Inc (NASDAQ:NUZE) which was down 24.32% to 0.84 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2106 to 1017 and 122 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2412 rose and 1437 declined, while 196 ended unchanged.

Shares in Karuna Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:KRTX) rose to all time highs; gaining 71.84% or 100.83 to 241.19. Shares in Nuzee Inc (NASDAQ:NUZE) fell to 3-years lows; down 24.32% or 0.27 to 0.84.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.66% to 21.29.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.79% or 14.15 to $1,805.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.51% or 1.34 to hit $90.35 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.37% or 1.30 to trade at $96.22 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.13% to 1.02, while USD/JPY rose 0.06% to 135.04.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 106.28.