The Dow Jones industrial average closed 6.24 points higher, or 0.03 percent to 20,981.3. Boeing and Home Depot had the greatest positive impact, while DuPont and Caterpillar contributed the most to losses.
The S&P 500 rose 1.32 point, or 0.06 percent, to 2,388.77, with consumer discretionary and information technology leading five sectors higher and energy the greatest laggard.
The Nasdaq composite rose 23.71 points, or 0.39 percent, to 6,048.94.
The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), widely considered the best gauge of fear in the market, traded lower at 10.37.
About four stocks declined for every 3 that advanced on the New York Stock Exchange, with an exchange volume of 1 billion and a composite volume of 4.077 billion at the close.
U.S. light crude ended Thursday’s trade 65 cents, or 1.3 percent, lower at $48.97, having fallen to a fresh four-week low.
Gold futures for June delivery climbed $1.90 to $1,266 an ounce.
On tap this week:
Thursday
Earnings: Alphabet, Microsoft, Intel, Amazon.com, Raytheon, Baidu, Starbucks, Expedia, Comcast, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Flex, GoPro, Western Digital, Vertex , Sirius XM Radio, Under Armour, American Airlines, Southwest Air, MGM Growth, Generac, Domino’s Pizza, CME Group, KKR, Johnson Controls, Union Pacific, UPS, Total, Celgene, Deutsche Bank, Alexion Pharma, Nintendo, AbbVie, Bayer, Air Products
Friday
Earnings: Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Colgate-Palmolive, Honda Motor, Barclays, UBS, Sony, Synchrony Financial, Spirit Airlines, Autoliv, Sanofi, Spirit Airlines, Goodyear Tire, Calpine, Cabot Oil and Gas, Phillips 66, Weyerhaeuser
8:30 a.m. Q1 adv Real GDP
9:45 a.m. Chicago PMI
10:00 a.m. Consumer sentiment
2:30 p.m. Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker
*Calendar subject to change.
