Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Financials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Technology, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.12%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.01%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO), which rose 2.02% or 0.88 points to trade at 44.54 at the close. The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV) added 1.88% or 2.05 points to end at 110.84 and EI du Pont de Nemours and Company (NYSE:DD) was up 1.35% or 0.88 points to 65.97 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), which lost 7.17% or 4.00 points to trade at 51.78 in late trade. Visa Inc (NYSE:V) declined 2.08% or 1.68 points to end at 79.11 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) shed 1.08% or 0.65 points to 59.43.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE:SWN) which rose 14.89% to 12.27, Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE:NSC) which was up 10.53% to settle at 91.33 and Range Resources Corporation (NYSE:RRC) which gained 6.94% to close at 39.75.
The worst performers were Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) which was down 7.17% to 51.78 in late trade, Perrigo Co (NYSE:PRGO) which lost 5.70% to settle at 121.35 and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) which was down 5.46% to 737.42 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Eleven Biothera (NASDAQ:EBIO) which rose 68.54% to 1.5000, Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) which was up 52.29% to settle at 3.99 and Legacy Reserves LP (NASDAQ:LGCY) which gained 44.67% to close at 2.17.
The worst performers were FreeSeas Inc (NASDAQ:FREE) which was down 31.14% to 1.1500 in late trade, KBS Fashion Group Ltd (NASDAQ:KBSF) which lost 18.34% to settle at 0.4083 and Rocky Brands Inc (NASDAQ:RCKY) which was down 14.13% to 11.61 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2269 to 1041 and 32 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1624 rose and 946 declined, while 71 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 5.66% to 13.16.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 1.22% or 15.20 to $1235.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.27% or 0.55 to hit $43.73 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.35% or 0.60 to trade at $45.13 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.53% to 1.1228, while USD/JPY rose 1.99% to 111.64.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.47% at 95.06.