Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.10%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.34%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH), which rose 1.50% or 4.87 points to trade at 330.60 at the close. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) added 1.41% or 0.53 points to end at 38.04 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) was up 1.10% or 0.63 points to 57.96 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which lost 10.58% or 5.70 points to trade at 48.20 in late trade. American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) declined 3.64% or 3.81 points to end at 100.98 and Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) shed 1.13% or 0.83 points to 72.57.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Nordstrom Inc (NYSE:JWN) which rose 5.60% to 14.33, SVB Financial Group (NASDAQ:SIVB) which was up 3.97% to settle at 296.38 and Flowserve Corporation (NYSE:FLS) which gained 3.93% to close at 31.75.
The worst performers were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) which was down 10.58% to 48.20 in late trade, Robert Half International Inc (NYSE:RHI) which lost 8.26% to settle at 51.67 and TechnipFMC PLC (NYSE:FTI) which was down 5.69% to 6.47 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Socket Mobile Inc (NASDAQ:SCKT) which rose 74.66% to 2.550, Marin Software Inc (NASDAQ:MRIN) which was up 62.74% to settle at 3.450 and Youngevity International Inc (NASDAQ:YGYI) which gained 55.15% to close at 0.729.
The worst performers were BiondVax Pharmaceuticals Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:BVXV) which was down 86.27% to 5.20 in late trade, Iterum Therapeutics PLC (NASDAQ:ITRM) which lost 44.71% to settle at 0.53 and Limelight Networks Inc (NASDAQ:LLNW) which was down 31.98% to 4.20 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1878 to 1153 and 104 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1726 rose and 1152 declined, 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 1.99% to 27.55.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.03% or 0.60 to $1904.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.19% or 0.89 to hit $39.75 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.93% or 0.82 to trade at $41.64 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.39% to 1.1862, while USD/JPY fell 0.10% to 104.72.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 92.722.