At the close on the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones rose 0.11%, the S&P 500 index fell 0.41% and the NASDAQ Composite fell 1.38%.

The gainers among Dow Jones index components in today's trading were shares of Verizon Communications Inc. which gained 0.84p (2.19%) to close at 39.25. Caterpillar Inc. gained 3.27p (1.36%) to close at 243.14. Chevron Corp. gained 2.23 pct (1.26%) to close at 179.63.

Shares of the Walt Disney Company were the least gainers, with their price dropping 1.64p (1.86%), ending the session at 86.37. Shares of Apple Inc soared 1.83p (1.39%) to close at 130.03, Goldman Sachs Group Inc dropped 3.54p (1.02%) and closed the session at 341.97.

The top gainers among the S&P 500 index components in today's trading were shares of Wynn Resorts Limited, which gained 4.47% to 84.33, VF Corporation, which gained 4.18% to close at 27.16, and Las Vegas Sands Corp, which gained 4.17% to close the session at 48.46.

Shares of Tesla Inc were the least gainers, down 11.41% to close at 109.10. Moderna Inc shares lost 9.50% and closed the session at 180.17. NVIDIA Corporation shares were down 7.14% to 141.21.

The top gainers among NASDAQ Composite index components in today's trading were shares of Elys Game Technology Corp, which gained 111.91% to 0.37, Lightjump Acquisition Corp, which gained 100.00% to close at 19.00, and shares of Quotient Ltd, which gained 94.74% to close the session at 0.37.

The least gainers were shares of Tuesday Morning Corp, which fell 46.12% to close at 0.83. Shares of Mingzhu Logistics Holdings Ltd lost 44.57% and closed the session at 0.97. Lion Group Holding Ltd. was down 36.45 percent to 0.68.

On NYSE the number of securities, which fell in price (1697) exceeded the number of securities, which closed on the plus side (1401). On NASDAQ, 2,517 stocks were down, 1,251 were up, and 139 remained flat.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which is based on S&P 500 options trading, rose 3.74% to 21.65.

Gold futures for February delivery added 0.98%, or 17.65, to $1.00 a troy ounce. In other commodities, WTI crude for February delivery rose 0.16%, or 0.13, to $79.69 a barrel. Futures for Brent crude for March delivery rose 0.43%, or 0.36, to $84.86 a barrel.

Meanwhile, in the Forex market, the EUR/USD pair was unchanged 0.05% to 1.06, while USD/JPY was up 0.49% to hit 133.51.

Futures on the USD index fell 0.12% to 103.89.