Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 1.74%, while the S&P 500 index fell 1.61%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 1.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE), which fell 0.19% or 0.22 points to trade at 115.05 at the close. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) fell 0.41% or 0.47 points to end at 113.45 and Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) was down 0.43% or 0.30 points to 69.94 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK), which lost 3.39% or 1.83 points to trade at 52.13 in late trade. Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) declined 2.97% or 2.20 points to end at 71.86 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) shed 2.96% or 5.51 points to 180.94.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) which rose 4.07% to 8.96, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) which was up 3.46% to settle at 64.34 and AbbVie Inc (NYSE:ABBV) which gained 2.27% to close at 61.220.
The worst performers were Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc (NYSE:FCX) which was down 9.71% to 10.88 in late trade, Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc (NYSE:DO) which lost 9.43% to settle at 20.18 and Transocean Ltd (NYSE:RIG) which was down 9.26% to 14.31 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Lilis Energy Inc (NASDAQ:LLEX) which rose 408.06% to 3.150, RLJ Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ:RLJE) which was up 279.83% to settle at 1.650 and TigerLogic Corporation (NASDAQ:TIGR) which gained 270.37% to close at 1.000.
The worst performers were Sfx Enterta (NASDAQ:SFXE) which was down 28.67% to 0.44 in late trade, Medovex Corp (NASDAQ:MDVX) which lost 26.00% to settle at 2.59 and Payment Data Systems Inc (NASDAQ:PYDS) which was down 24.87% to 2.84 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1923 to 623 and 3 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1660 fell and 920 advanced, while 31 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 4.68% to 22.13.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 1.92% or 21.50 to $1138.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 4.29% or 2.01 to hit $44.89 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 2.84% or 1.40 to trade at $47.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.22% to 1.1296, while USD/JPY rose 0.01% to 120.02.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.79% at 95.38.