us stocks closed mixed on thursday after recording sharp gains in the previous sessions the latest data on inflation showed consumer and producer prices slowing higherthanexpected in july however investors realized that the fed would still need to aggressively increase rates to fully control increasing consumer prices the sp 500 fell slightly after hitting to new threemonth highs following the release of producer price index us producer prices dropped 05 monthovermonth in july following a revised 1 increase in the previous month and versus market expectations of a 02 rise highgrowth stocks including tesla inc tsla and amazoncom inc amzn which rose sharply on wednesday moved lower by around 26 and 14 respectively on thursday the nasdaq 100 fell 065 to close at 1329199 on thursday while the sp 500 lost 007 the dow jones gained around 27 points to settle at 3333667 in the previous session the major sectors on the sp 500 closed on a mixed note with energy stocks recording the biggest surge on thursday health care however was the worst performing sector in the previous session falling around 07 the cboe volatility index popularly known as vix is a measure of the equity markets expectation of volatility based on sp 500 index call and put options