At the close in New York, the Dow Jones rose 0.26% to a 1-month high, the S&P 500 lost 0.10% and the NASDAQ Composite fell 0.56%.

The leaders of growth among the components of the Dow Jones at the end of today's trading were the shares of Walt Disney Company, which rose 2.40 points (1.57%), to close at 155.20. Boeing Co added 1.46 points or 1.46% to end trades at 206.13. Walmart Inc rose 1.44% or 2.02 points to end at 142.78.

The biggest losers were Salesforce.com Inc, which fell 1.10% or 2.85 points to end the session at 255.45. Nike Inc is up 0.69% or 1.16 points to end at 166.42, while Apple Inc is down 0.58% or 1.04 points to 179.29. ...

The top gainers among the components of the S&P 500 at the end of today's trading were Campbell Soup Company, which rose 2.80% to 43.36, Ball Corporation, which gained 2.59% to close at 94.30, and American Airlines Group shares rose 2.04% to end the session at 18.54.

The biggest losers were DexCom Inc, which fell 7.09% to close at 529.50. Etsy Inc shed 3.46% to end the session at 221.73. Penn National Gaming Inc was down 2.89% to 49.34.

The leaders of growth among the components of the NASDAQ Composite index at the end of today's trading were shares of Insignia Systems Inc, which rose 64.82% to 19.020, ShiftPixy Inc, which gained 43.09% to close at 1.120, and Pop Culture Group Co Ltd, which were up 35.88% to end the session at 2.31.

The biggest losers were Biofrontera Inc, which fell 29.50% to close at 8.10. Powerbridge Technologies Co Ltd shed 25.45% to end the session at 0.6933. Sensus Healthcare Inc was down 22.67% to 6.310.

On the New York Stock Exchange, the number of securities that fell (1,725) exceeded the number of those that closed in positive territory (1,531), while the quotations of 136 shares remained practically unchanged. On the NASDAQ stock exchange 2,494 companies fell in price, 1,330 increased, and 182 remained at the level of the previous close.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which is based on S&P 500 options trading, fell 0.79% to 17.54, hitting a fresh monthly low.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.12% or 2.20 to $ 1.806.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities, WTI crude for February delivery rose 0.60%, or 0.45, to $ 76.02 a barrel. Futures contracts for Brent oil for March delivery rose 0.08%, or 0.06, to trade at $ 78.84 a barrel.

Meanwhile, on the Forex market, EUR / USD was up 0.04% to hit 1.1313, while USD / JPY was up 0.00% to hit 114.82.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 96.165.