U.S. stocks mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 1.39%

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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 1.39%, while the S&P 500 index lost 1.01%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.48%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT), which rose 2.87% or 3.50 points to trade at 125.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) added 2.73% or 1.56 points to end at 58.70 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) was up 1.96% or 5.26 points to 273.25 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which fell 8.71% or 10.89 points to trade at 114.14 at the close. American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) declined 4.74% or 4.49 points to end at 90.33 and Raytheon Technologies Corp (NYSE:RTX) was down 4.45% or 2.88 points to 61.83.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) which rose 7.01% to 396.72, Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) which was up 6.55% to settle at 4.39 and Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) which gained 6.17% to close at 2168.87.

The worst performers were Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (NYSE:RCL) which was down 17.03% to 33.37 in late trade, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd (NYSE:NCLH) which lost 13.35% to settle at 11.36 and Arconic Inc (NYSE:ARNC) which was down 11.96% to 9.50 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Alliance MMA Inc (NASDAQ:WORX) which rose 434.22% to 12.020, Borqs Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:BRQS) which was up 220.80% to settle at 4.010 and NN Inc (NASDAQ:NNBR) which gained 90.24% to close at 3.12.

The worst performers were Qualstar Corporation (NASDAQ:QBAK) which was down 19.11% to 1.99 in late trade, Liberty Tripadvisor Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LTRPB) which lost 16.76% to settle at 3.81 and Mid-Con Energy Partners LP (NASDAQ:MCEP) which was down 15.90% to 2.9100 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2108 to 808 and 39 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1623 fell and 1034 advanced, while 65 ended unchanged.

Shares in Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) rose to 52-week highs; rising 7.01% or 26.00 to 396.72. Shares in Alliance MMA Inc (NASDAQ:WORX) rose to 52-week highs; up 434.22% or 9.770 to 12.020. Shares in Mid-Con Energy Partners LP (NASDAQ:MCEP) fell to 3-years highs; losing 15.90% or 0.5500 to 2.9100.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 1.20% to 41.17 a new 1-month low.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.57% or 10.05 to $1762.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.54% or 0.35 to hit $22.41 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.04 to trade at $31.87 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.01% to 1.0912, while USD/JPY fell 0.00% to 107.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 99.498.

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