Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Goods and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Utilities, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.26% to hit a new 1-month high, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.09%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which rose 1.64% or 0.82 points to trade at 50.92 at the close. Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) added 1.31% or 2.98 points to end at 231.13 and Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM) was up 0.94% or 0.66 points to 70.93 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), which lost 0.68% or 0.95 points to trade at 139.10 in late trade. Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) declined 0.61% or 0.71 points to end at 114.73 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) shed 0.40% or 0.48 points to 120.19.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) which rose 4.47% to 24.52, Perrigo Company PLC (NYSE:PRGO) which was up 3.65% to settle at 49.92 and Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ALXN) which gained 3.55% to close at 103.84.
The worst performers were Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) which was down 2.98% to 30.56 in late trade, Monster Beverage Corp (NASDAQ:MNST) which lost 2.72% to settle at 57.17 and WEC Energy Group Inc (NYSE:WEC) which was down 2.31% to 93.13 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Endo International PLC (NASDAQ:ENDP) which rose 47.67% to 3.48, Microbot Medical Inc (NASDAQ:MBOT) which was up 44.08% to settle at 7.0600 and Superconductor Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:SCON) which gained 24.62% to close at 0.8100.
The worst performers were Domo Inc (NASDAQ:DOMO) which was down 37.45% to 15.77 in late trade, Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:CDMO) which lost 22.98% to settle at 5.4300 and Paringa Resources Ltd (NASDAQ:PNRL) which was down 20.00% to 2.40 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1632 to 1307 and 103 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1463 fell and 1188 advanced, while 99 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 7.81% to 15.00 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.67% or 10.20 to $1515.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.71% or 0.40 to hit $56.70 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.10% or 0.67 to trade at $61.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1030, while USD/JPY fell 0.00% to 106.92.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 98.377.