Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Consumer Services, Telecoms and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.26% to hit a new 1-month high, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.09%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Visa Inc (NYSE:V), which rose 3.81% or 5.14 points to trade at 140.15 at the close. Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM) added 3.60% or 2.64 points to end at 75.92 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) was up 3.42% or 1.61 points to 48.73 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT), which lost 2.06% or 1.97 points to trade at 93.86 in late trade. Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) declined 1.69% or 2.25 points to end at 130.91 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) shed 1.58% or 1.65 points to 102.78.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) which rose 8.99% to 22.91, FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC) which was up 7.56% to settle at 85.83 and Aon PLC (NYSE:AON) which gained 7.19% to close at 167.46.
The worst performers were Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) which was down 5.38% to 1626.23 in late trade, WestRock Co (NYSE:WRK) which lost 4.94% to settle at 38.70 and IDEXX Laboratories Inc (NASDAQ:IDXX) which was down 3.48% to 205.38 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were TMSR Holding Company Ltd (NASDAQ:TMSR) which rose 122.58% to 5.52, Integrated Media Technology Ltd (NASDAQ:IMTE) which was up 36.59% to settle at 8.40 and Titan Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:TTNP) which gained 34.15% to close at 1.6500.
The worst performers were Magnegas Applied Technology Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:MNGA) which was down 28.02% to 2.990 in late trade, OncoSec Medical Inc (NASDAQ:ONCS) which lost 24.99% to settle at 0.660 and Leap Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:LPTX) which was down 23.08% to 1.50 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1708 to 1304 and 107 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1534 rose and 1094 declined, while 92 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 2.60% to 16.14 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.20% or 2.65 to $1322.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.88% or 1.55 to hit $55.34 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 3.34% or 2.03 to trade at $62.87 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.1458, while USD/JPY rose 0.56% to 109.48.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 95.300.