Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Utilities, Financials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Technology, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.32%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.03%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE), which rose 4.27% or 4.49 points to trade at 109.71 at the close. McDonald`s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) added 1.57% or 1.50 points to end at 97.29 and Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) was up 1.02% or 0.59 points to 58.49 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which lost 3.03% or 0.97 points to trade at 31.02 in late trade. EI du Pont de Nemours and Company (NYSE:DD) declined 0.83% or 0.55 points to end at 65.60 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) shed 0.74% or 0.34 points to 45.31.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) which rose 4.27% to 109.71, Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE:CVC) which was up 3.96% to settle at 25.19 and Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) which gained 3.51% to close at 27.75.
The worst performers were Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) which was down 18.17% to 19.66 in late trade, Zoetis Inc (NYSE:ZTS) which lost 12.21% to settle at 48.62 and Qorvo Inc (NASDAQ:QRVO) which was down 5.38% to 80.41 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Local Corporation (NASDAQ:LOCM) which rose 27.14% to 0.044, Westell Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:WSTL) which was up 25.25% to settle at 1.240 and Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania (NASDAQ:RBPAA) which gained 20.21% to close at 2.320.
The worst performers were Celladon Corp (NASDAQ:CLDN) which was down 38.64% to 1.35 in late trade, Perseon Corp (NASDAQ:PRSN) which lost 29.96% to settle at 1.800 and Real Goods Solar Inc (NASDAQ:RGSE) which was down 27.52% to 3.160 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1610 to 1516 and 4 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1673 fell and 1153 advanced, while 3 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.64% to 14.10.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.15% or 1.70 to $1173.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.21% or 0.12 to hit $59.58 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.06 to trade at $63.14 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.37% to 1.1162, while USD/JPY rose 0.17% to 123.85.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 95.63.