Indexes Close Mixed, Oil Hits Record, Goldman Surges

Stock indexes had a volatile session ending mixed on the day. The DJIA closed down -38.27 to 12269.08, the Nasdaq gained +20.28 to 2474.78 and the S&P 500 gained slightly +0.11 to 1360.14.

Goldman Sachs (GS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) surged $3.71/share or 2.08% to 182.00 after it was reported that the company slashed hundreds of Investment Banker jobs.

Hershey Co. (HSY | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) lost 6.24% or $2.39/share to $35.94 on news that the chocolate maker's largest shareholder does not want to give up control.

Landry's Restaurants (LNY | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) jumped 17.39% or $2.92/share to $19.71 after the company founder agreed to buy back the shares at $21.00/share.

SunPower Corp (SPWR | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) advanced 7.20% or $5.60/share to $83.35 on Credit Suisse raising its rating to "outperform".

Oil hit an all time record today, then pulled back to 133.87. Gold climbed $13.20 to 886.30/oz and the VIX slipped 1.41% to 20.92.

ar continued to gain against the Euro.