Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.04%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.06%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO), which rose 2.05% or 0.67 points to trade at 33.37 at the close. Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) added 1.96% or 0.96 points to end at 49.90 and Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) was up 0.70% or 0.82 points to 117.29 in late trade.
Biggest losers included UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH), which lost 1.12% or 2.18 points to trade at 193.03 in late trade. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) declined 0.98% or 1.50 points to end at 151.89 and Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) shed 0.72% or 0.47 points to 65.13.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were CarMax Inc (NYSE:KMX) which rose 7.77% to 74.19, L Brands Inc (NYSE:LB) which was up 7.51% to settle at 39.65 and Equifax Inc (NYSE:EFX) which gained 6.91% to close at 105.04.
The worst performers were DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc (NYSE:DVA) which was down 6.15% to 57.49 in late trade, Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:INCY) which lost 3.65% to settle at 110.85 and Scana Corporation (NYSE:SCG) which was down 3.43% to 55.22 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Ocean Rig UDW Inc (NASDAQ:ORIG) which rose 1000.00% to 24.0000, Izea Inc (NASDAQ:IZEA) which was up 61.62% to settle at 3.2000 and Madrigal Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:MDGL) which gained 53.07% to close at 34.1800.
The worst performers were Versartis Inc (NASDAQ:VSAR) which was down 87.62% to 2.67 in late trade, FalconStor Software Inc (NASDAQ:FALC) which lost 23.33% to settle at 0.345 and Arts-Way Manufacturing Co Inc (NASDAQ:ARTW) which was down 18.52% to 2.200 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1985 to 1104 and 133 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1649 rose and 835 declined, while 143 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 1.34% to 9.54.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.44% or 5.75 to $1300.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.22% or 0.11 to hit $50.66 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.66% or 0.37 to trade at $56.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1946, while USD/JPY fell 0.36% to 112.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 91.94.