FX.co ★ US stock market closed mixed, Dow Jones up 0.39%

At the close on the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones rose 0.39%, the S&P 500 index fell 0.28%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.58%.

Merck & Company Inc was the top gainer among the components of the Dow Jones in today's trading, up 3.01 points (2.83%) to close at 109.52. Amgen Inc rose 6.31 points or 2.69% to close at 240.53. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated rose 11.73 points or 2.41% to close at 499.08.

The least gainers were shares of Chevron Corp, which lost 3.72 points or 2.23% to end the session at 162.85. Intel Corporation was up 2.09% or 0.59 points to close at 27.61, while Salesforce Inc was down 1.75% or 2.94 points to close at 165.17. .

Leading gainers among the S&P 500 index components in today's trading were Deere & Company, which rose 7.53% to 433.31, Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc, which gained 5.99% to close at 483.23 , as well as shares of Organon & Co, which rose 4.60% to close the session at 26.02.

The least gainers were Albemarle Corp, which shed 9.67% to close at 258.00. Shares of Hess Corporation shed 5.73% to end the session at 135.52. Quotes of Halliburton Company decreased in price by 5.39% to 36.50.

The leading gainers among the components of the NASDAQ Composite in today's trading were OKYO Pharma Ltd ADR, which rose 62.96% to 3.74, Pathfinder Acquisition Corp, which gained 46.56% to close at 4.69. as well as shares of Apexigen Inc, which rose 44.21% to close the session at 1.37.

The least gainers were shares of Arqit Quantum Inc, which shed 42.09% to close at 1.47. Shares of Universal Electronics Inc lost 33.01% and ended the session at 16.38. Quotes Mountain Crest Acquisition Corp III fell in price by 32.72% to 4.97.

On the New York Stock Exchange, the number of securities that fell in price (1689) exceeded the number of those that closed in positive territory (1288), while quotes of 111 shares remained virtually unchanged. On the NASDAQ stock exchange, 1914 companies rose in price, 1686 fell, and 217 remained at the level of the previous close.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which is based on S&P 500 options trading, fell 0.74% to 20.02.

Gold futures for April delivery added 0.00%, or 0.05, to $1.00 a troy ounce. In other commodities, WTI crude for March delivery fell 2.75%, or 2.16, to $76.33 a barrel. Brent oil futures for April delivery fell 2.55%, or 2.17, to $82.97 a barrel.

Meanwhile, in the forex market, the EUR/USD pair remained unchanged 0.25% to 1.07, while USD/JPY rose 0.18% to hit 134.18.

Futures on the USD index rose 0.01% to 103.81.