Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Healthcare, Financials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.07%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.06%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), which rose 3.59% or 2.79 points to trade at 80.43 at the close. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) added 2.53% or 0.70 points to end at 28.42 and Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) was up 1.04% or 1.37 points to 133.24 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE), which lost 1.80% or 0.60 points to trade at 32.66 in late trade. Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT) declined 1.73% or 1.14 points to end at 64.94 and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) shed 1.09% or 1.05 points to 95.17.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) which rose 6.21% to 9.41, Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc (NYSE:DO) which was up 5.47% to settle at 24.29 and FMC Technologies Inc (NYSE:FTI) which gained 5.41% to close at 34.28.
The worst performers were GameStop Corp (NYSE:GME) which was down 8.03% to 42.49 in late trade, Autodesk Inc (NASDAQ:ADSK) which lost 4.96% to settle at 47.52 and Baxalta Inc (NYSE:BXLT) which was down 3.24% to 35.25 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were ARIAD Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ARIA) which rose 41.88% to 9.90, Real Goods Solar Inc (NASDAQ:RGSE) which was up 25.93% to settle at 1.360 and Essex Rental Corporation (NASDAQ:ESSX) which gained 23.92% to close at 0.446.
The worst performers were Escalera Resources Co (NASDAQ:ESCR) which was down 32.86% to 0.094 in late trade, Forward Industries Inc (NASDAQ:FORD) which lost 28.94% to settle at 1.670 and bebe stores inc (NASDAQ:BEBE) which was down 27.81% to 1.35 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1567 to 894 and 1 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1720 rose and 859 declined, while 4 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.27% to 26.17.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 1.01% or 11.30 to $1133.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 6.34% or 2.70 to hit $45.26 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 5.13% or 2.44 to trade at $50.00 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.52% to 1.1187, while USD/JPY rose 0.33% to 121.43.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.38% at 96.11.