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U.S. stocks closed mixed on Thursday as Wall Street digested jobs data and factored in how the Federal Reserve might move on interest rates when they meet next week. The Dow dropped almost 0.1%. The S&P 500 was up 0.1% and the Nasdaq rose 0.2%.

Sherwin-Williams is the largest U.S. producer of paint, coatings, and related products. The company has approximately 64,000 employees and operates over 5,400 retail stores and facilities in over 120 countries. Sherwin-Williams supplies coatings directly to retailers, distributors, industrial & commercial customers, and other industry professionals. The company acquired Valspar in 2017. SHW shares are a component of the S&P 500.

November finished with a bullish burst, but December began with a return to bearishness on trading day one and a flip to bullishness on trading day two. Which beast will be on top during the final month of a so-far good year? Long-time rallying markets that follow a selling spasm with strong upward action, as we saw in the final week of November, are usually technically sound. December is usually a good month for stocks -- so investors are hoping for some holiday cheer during the month after an uncharacteristically soft (and, for the Nasdaq, down) November. One reason to like the turbulence of November is that it shook up the usual leadership. Two months into the final quarter of the year, the 4Q sector leaderboard is favoring defensive and rate-sensitive areas. Healthcare lagged from 2022 through 2024 as well as through the first nine months of 2025. But the sector is on fire in 4Q25 and is far out in front -- with a 13% gain for the quarter to date versus 2.4% for the S&P 500. President Trump has convinced the GLP-1 makers to lower prices, which will pinch margins in the near term but eventually could lead to margin expansion on volume leverage. Utilities are up 3% in 4Q25 to date. This sector rises on lower interest rates, and Fed has already cut rates twice and is poised for a third cut. Other sectors on the rise in 4Q25 to date include Staples and Energy, both up 1.3% as of the end of November; and Materials, up 0.8%. Two traditional growth sector leaders, Communication Services and Consumer Discretionary, are down 2.5% and 1.3%, respectively, in 4Q25 on profit-taking in META and AMZN. Information Technology, however, is up 1.4% for 4Q25 as of the end of November, as investors just can't leave NVDA alone for long.

The Vickers Top Buyers & Sellers is a daily report that identifies the five companies the largest insider purchase transactions based on the dollar value of the transactions as well as the five companies the largest insider sales transactions based on the dollar value of the transactions.