Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Technology sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.28%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.25%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN), which rose 2.94% or 6.48 points to trade at 227.03 at the close. International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) added 1.40% or 3.29 points to end at 238.04 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) was up 1.15% or 3.45 points to 303.98 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH), which lost 5.07% or 29.35 points to trade at 549.62 in late trade. Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) declined 2.57% or 4.09 points to end at 155.24 and NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) shed 1.80% or 2.62 points to 142.45.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Lululemon Athletica Inc (NASDAQ:LULU) which rose 15.89% to 399.60, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE:HPE) which was up 10.67% to settle at 23.96 and Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA) which gained 8.99% to close at 428.17.
The worst performers were Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH) which was down 5.07% to 549.62 in late trade, Cooper Companies Inc (NASDAQ:COO) which lost 4.39% to settle at 98.70 and Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) which was down 4.15% to 28.78 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Universe Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:UPC) which rose 222.86% to 3.39, MSP Recovery Inc (NASDAQ:LIFW) which was up 103.77% to settle at 3.24 and GaxosAI Inc (NASDAQ:GXAI) which gained 81.70% to close at 2.58.
The worst performers were Oriental Rise Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:ORIS) which was down 93.54% to 3.62 in late trade, Lichen China Ltd (NASDAQ:LICN) which lost 76.93% to settle at 0.49 and Mynaric AG ADR (NASDAQ:MYNA) which was down 64.54% to 0.50 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1511 to 1293 and 86 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2007 rose and 1296 declined, while 124 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 5.69% to 12.77 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.21% or 5.49 to $2,653.89 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.64% or 1.12 to hit $67.18 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.43% or 1.03 to trade at $71.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 1.06, while USD/JPY fell 0.06% to 149.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 105.96.