Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.15% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.13%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), which rose 1.89% or 2.01 points to trade at 108.12 at the close. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) added 1.18% or 2.22 points to end at 191.15 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) was up 1.13% or 0.95 points to 84.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), which lost 1.52% or 1.23 points to trade at 79.60 in late trade. General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) declined 1.01% or 0.26 points to end at 25.53 and E I du Pont de Nemours & Co (NYSE:DD) shed 0.72% or 0.61 points to 83.98.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were First Solar Inc (NASDAQ:FSLR) which rose 9.06% to 48.87, Mohawk Industries Inc (NYSE:MHK) which was up 4.33% to settle at 248.65 and Rockwell Collins Inc (NYSE:COL) which gained 4.32% to close at 113.73.
The worst performers were Flowserve Corporation (NYSE:FLS) which was down 10.93% to 41.30 in late trade, Altria Group (NYSE:MO) which lost 9.49% to settle at 66.94 and Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) which was down 9.24% to 54.00 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were CytRx Corporation (NASDAQ:CYTR) which rose 43.11% to 0.820, ArcBest Corp (NASDAQ:ARCB) which was up 25.35% to settle at 26.95 and Novan Inc (NASDAQ:NOVN) which gained 24.65% to close at 5.31.
The worst performers were Destination Maternity Corporation (NASDAQ:DEST) which was down 41.84% to 1.71 in late trade, CyberOptics Corporation (NASDAQ:CYBE) which lost 27.06% to settle at 17.25 and MicroStrategy Incorporated (NASDAQ:MSTR) which was down 26.00% to 139.99 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1673 to 1412 and 149 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1328 fell and 1153 advanced, while 144 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 2.18% to 10.33.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.77% or 9.74 to $1269.74 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.47% or 0.72 to hit $49.76 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.12% or 1.09 to trade at $52.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.66% to 1.1754, while USD/JPY fell 0.57% to 110.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.66% at 93.15.