At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.12%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.02%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), which rose 2.22% or 0.91 points to trade at 41.91 at the close. Meanwhile, Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) added 1.92% or 3.35 points to end at 178.08 and Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) was up 0.99% or 0.44 points to 44.87 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV), which fell 0.56% or 0.67 points to trade at 118.60 at the close. Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) declined 0.52% or 0.22 points to end at 42.50 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) was down 0.50% or 0.71 points to 139.96.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were McKesson Corporation (NYSE:MCK) which rose 4.26% to 158.67, DXC Technology Co (NYSE:DXC) which was up 3.92% to settle at 20.41 and Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT) which gained 3.92% to close at 67.62.
The worst performers were Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NKTR) which was down 2.49% to 19.55 in late trade, Duke Realty Corporation (NYSE:DRE) which lost 2.29% to settle at 37.89 and Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) which was down 2.06% to 131.89 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Sky Solar Holdings Adr Rep 8 (NASDAQ:SKYS) which rose 51.91% to 4.770, Mesoblast Ltd (NASDAQ:MESO) which was up 51.40% to settle at 17.88 and Town Sports International Holdings (NASDAQ:CLUB) which gained 48.43% to close at 0.695.
The worst performers were Hexindai Inc (NASDAQ:HX) which was down 57.26% to 1.0600 in late trade, Sundial Growers Inc (NASDAQ:SNDL) which lost 35.79% to settle at 0.45 and Biofrontera AG ADR (NASDAQ:BFRA) which was down 29.67% to 16.09 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1507 to 1502 and 122 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1444 fell and 1325 advanced, while 85 ended unchanged.
Shares in Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT) rose to all time highs; rising 3.92% or 2.55 to 67.62. Shares in Mesoblast Ltd (NASDAQ:MESO) rose to 5-year highs; up 51.40% or 6.07 to 17.88.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.36% to 22.05 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.85% or 16.80 to $1953.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $42.23 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $44.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.26% to 1.1843, while USD/JPY fell 0.30% to 106.59.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 93.088.
