Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.37% to hit a new 1-month low, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.73%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 1.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which rose 1.62% or 5.41 points to trade at 339.56 at the close. McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) added 1.52% or 3.21 points to end at 214.46 and Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) was up 0.93% or 0.78 points to 84.47 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO), which lost 3.86% or 2.14 points to trade at 53.25 in late trade. Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) declined 2.69% or 1.26 points to end at 45.59 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) shed 2.42% or 2.01 points to 81.11.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Newell Brands Inc (NASDAQ:NWL) which rose 14.22% to 15.34, Fortinet Inc (NASDAQ:FTNT) which was up 8.90% to settle at 86.05 and Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE:SEE) which gained 7.70% to close at 44.32.
The worst performers were NetApp Inc (NASDAQ:NTAP) which was down 20.22% to 46.04 in late trade, Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET) which lost 10.21% to settle at 244.44 and LyondellBasell Industries NV (NYSE:LYB) which was down 6.60% to 76.11 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were iPic Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ:IPIC) which rose 41.53% to 1.6700, Blackline Inc (NASDAQ:BL) which was up 31.66% to settle at 56.01 and PC Connection Inc (NASDAQ:CNXN) which gained 22.35% to close at 39.85.
The worst performers were Acorda Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ACOR) which was down 48.93% to 3.10 in late trade, Glu Mobile Inc (NASDAQ:GLUU) which lost 36.50% to settle at 4.820 and Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) which was down 33.74% to 8.05 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1884 to 1116 and 18 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1755 fell and 893 advanced, while 95 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 1.46% to 17.61.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.45% or 20.80 to $1453.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.37% or 1.28 to hit $55.23 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.27% or 0.77 to trade at $61.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.23% to 1.1108, while USD/JPY fell 0.68% to 106.61.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 97.873.