US stock market closes mixed

By Ovunc Kutlu

NEW YORK (AA) - U.S. stocks closed mixed Thursday as falling oil prices was off-set by tech companies’ gains.

The Dow lost 16 points to end trading at 20,933. The S&P fell three points to close at 2,381.

The Nasdaq rose less than a point to finish flat at 5,900.

Shares rose by more than 6 percent of computer technology giant Oracle and electric carmaker Tesla gained more than 2 percent.

At the final bell, crude prices were down around 0.1 percent. American benchmark West Texas Intermediate was trading at $48.85, while international benchmark Brent crude was at $51.78.