At the close of the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones rose 0.01%, the S&P 500 fell 0.16%, and the NASDAQ Composite fell 0.59%.

Dow Inc was the top gainer among the components of the Dow Jones index today, up 1.15 points or 2.32% to close at 50.65. Quotes of American Express Company rose by 3.55 points (2.35%), closing the session at 154.42. Boeing Co rose 3.49 points or 2.03% to close at 175.32.

Shares of Apple Inc became the losers, the price of which fell by 3.05 points (2.11%), ending the session at 141.17. Salesforce Inc was up 1.31% or 2.01 points to close at 151.68, while Visa Inc Class A was down 1.04% or 2.20 points to close at 209. .06.

Leading gainers among the S&P 500 index components in today's trading were Under Armor Inc A, which rose 4.79% to hit 9.84, Celanese Corporation, which gained 4.75% to close at 105.56, and also shares of Ralph Lauren Corp Class A, which rose 4.36% to close the session at 112.66.

The biggest losers were Illumina Inc, which shed 3.84% to close at 208.57. Shares of PayPal Holdings Inc lost 2.87% to end the session at 77.64. Enphase Energy Inc lost 2.83% to 303.39.

Leading gainers among the components of the NASDAQ Composite in today's trading were Otonomy Inc, which rose 113.82% to hit 0.23, Apollo Endosurgery Inc, which gained 67.83% to close at 10.07, and shares of OncoSec Medical Inc, which rose 50.98% to end the session at 3.85.

The biggest losers were Digital Brands Group Inc, which shed 34.17% to close at 4.74. Shares of Eqonex Ltd lost 33.88% and ended the session at 0.09. Quotes of Secoo Holding Ltd decreased in price by 32.49% to 1.60.

On the New York Stock Exchange, the number of securities that rose in price (1866) exceeded the number of those that closed in the red (1241), while quotes of 108 shares remained virtually unchanged. On the NASDAQ stock exchange, 1,888 stocks fell, 1,862 rose, and 205 remained at the previous close.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which is based on S&P 500 options trading, fell 1.44% to 21.89.

Gold futures for December delivery added 0.47%, or 8.15, to $1.00 a troy ounce. In other commodities, WTI crude futures for January delivery rose 1.90%, or 1.47, to $78.71 a barrel. Brent crude futures for February delivery rose 0.95%, or 0.80, to $84.69 a barrel.

Meanwhile, in the forex market, the EUR/USD pair remained unchanged 0.07% to 1.03, while USD/JPY fell 0.18% to hit 138.70.

Futures on the USD index rose 0.11% to 106.75.