Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 1.16%, while the S&P 500 index fell 1.12%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 1.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were EI du Pont de Nemours and Company (N:DD), which rose 1.42% or 0.94 points to trade at 67.05 at the close. Caterpillar Inc (N:CAT) added 1.41% or 0.97 points to end at 69.63 and General Electric Company (N:GE) was up 0.40% or 0.12 points to 30.28 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cisco Systems Inc (O:CSCO), which lost 5.82% or 1.62 points to trade at 26.21 in late trade. Nike Inc (N:NKE) declined 3.27% or 4.12 points to end at 121.86 and Home Depot Inc (N:HD) shed 3.08% or 3.81 points to 120.00.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Mylan Inc (O:MYL) which rose 12.92% to 48.78, Airgas Inc (N:ARG) which was up 7.64% to settle at 101.82 and Southwestern Energy Company (N:SWN) which gained 6.99% to close at 11.02.
The worst performers were Fossil Group Inc (O:FOSL) which was down 36.50% to 32.39 in late trade, GameStop Corp (N:GME) which lost 16.51% to settle at 37.18 and Nordstrom Inc (N:JWN) which was down 14.98% to 53.96 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Sypris Solutions Inc (O:SYPR) which unchanged 0.00% to 1.92, Ascent Solar Technologies Inc (O:ASTI) which was up 34.75% to settle at 0.190 and Biolase Inc (O:BIOL) which gained 31.25% to close at 1.050.
The worst performers were Dex Media Inc (O:DXM) which was down 49.44% to 0.10 in late trade, bebe stores inc (O:BEBE) which lost 39.97% to settle at 0.57 and Fossil Group Inc (O:FOSL) which was down 36.50% to 32.39 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2082 to 1346 and 4 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1627 fell and 990 advanced, while 58 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 9.64% to 20.14 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.05% or 0.50 to $1081.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.28% or 0.95 to hit $40.80 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.56% or 0.70 to trade at $44.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.62% to 1.0749, while USD/JPY rose 0.06% to 122.67.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.46% at 99.02.