Also on the NYMEX the WTI crude oil for June was down 0.96% to hit $47.55 a barrel

U.S. September 1^st: stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average decreasing 0.20% to 17,640.17, while the S&P 500 index fell to 0.18% to 2,071.50 and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.81% to close at 7,361.2.

Dow Jones Industrial Average

• The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Home Depot which rose 1.03% to trade at 126.53 at the close. American Express added 0.75%to end at 61.42 and General Electric was up 0.49% to 30.59 in late trade. 
• The worst performers of the session were Intel which fell 1.65% to trade at 31.61 at the close. Cisco. declined 1.07% to end at 50.14 and The Travelers. was down 0.66% to 111.81

S&P 500

• The top performers on the ABBV AbbVie which rose 0.83% to 60.40, ABBV AbbVie which was up 0.97% to settle at 249.47 and AAP Advance Auto Parts Inc which gained 0.66% to close at 153.64.
• The worst performers were GAS AGL Resources Inc which was down 0.02% to 65.85 in late trade, AMG Affiliated Managers Group Inc. which lost 0.21% to settle at 153.84 and The ATVI Activision Blizzard Inc. which was down 0.21% to 38.33 at the close.

Nasdaq

• The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Connecture Inc which rose 6.07% to 2.270, Oxbridge Re. which was up 3.43% to settle at 5.27 and Atlantic American which gained 1.68% to close at 3.640.
• The worst performers were Conifer Holding Inc which was down 4.42% to 6.48 in late trade Prism Technologies. which lost 3.33% to settle at 0.2900 and State Auto which was down 2.32% to 20.60 at the close.

Commodities NYMEX

• Gold Futures was up  1.80%, to trade at $1,311.50 a troy ounce.
• The Silver futures for May delivery was up 1.93% to trade at $17.84 an ounce.
• Also on the NYMEX the WTI crude oil for June was down 0.96% to hit $47.55 a barrel.
• Natural Gas on the same market for September closed at $2.58 per million British thermal units was down 0.58%.

Forex

• EUR/USD was up 0.17% to close at 1.1278, while USD/JPY was down 1.74% to close at 104.19.
• The US Dollar Index was down 0.30% to close at 94.38.

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