U.S. stocks closed mixed Thursday as investors repositioned their portfolios following the presidential election. In U.S. economic news, weekly jobless claims totaled 254,000, below the expected 260,000. Meanwhile, St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard said that the central bank still is due to a single rate hike and then hold. The dollar rose 0.29 percent against a basket of currencies. Light sweet crude oil for December delivery dropped 61 cents to $44.66 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while gold futures fell $7.10 to $1,266.40 per ounce. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 218.80, or 1.18 percent, to 18,808.49. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index added 4.22, or 0.20 percent, to 2,167.48. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index lost 42.28, or 0.81 percent, to 5,208.80.
