Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.41% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.17%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS), which rose 3.52% or 13.52 points to trade at 397.82 at the close. JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) added 2.84% or 4.35 points to end at 157.50 and Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) was up 1.64% or 1.00 points to 62.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN), which lost 1.63% or 3.81 points to trade at 230.18 in late trade. Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) declined 0.99% or 3.31 points to end at 329.80 and Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) shed 0.81% or 1.15 points to 141.35.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Corteva Inc (NYSE:CTVA) which rose 7.96% to 44.74, Macy’s Inc (NYSE:M) which was up 6.24% to settle at 18.56 and DXC Technology Co (NYSE:DXC) which gained 6.09% to close at 41.08.
The worst performers were Expedia Inc (NASDAQ:EXPE) which was down 7.93% to 148.88 in late trade, Flowserve Corporation (NYSE:FLS) which lost 6.27% to settle at 40.20 and Illumina Inc (NASDAQ:ILMN) which was down 3.74% to 496.38 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Kaixin Auto Holdings (NASDAQ:KXIN) which rose 87.43% to 3.130, Sphere 3D Corp (NASDAQ:ANY) which was up 40.41% to settle at 4.830 and Westport Fuel Systems Inc (NASDAQ:WPRT) which gained 28.39% to close at 5.020.
The worst performers were Dicerna Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:DRNA) which was down 28.14% to 27.25 in late trade, icad inc (NASDAQ:ICAD) which lost 23.70% to settle at 11.75 and Y mAbs Therapeutics (NASDAQ:YMAB) which was down 21.58% to 29.26 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1886 to 1268 and 132 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1820 rose and 1669 declined, while 153 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 6.54% to 16.15 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 2.56% or 46.35 to $1762.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.42% or 0.98 to hit $68.11 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.11% or 0.79 to trade at $70.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.60% to 1.1761, while USD/JPY rose 0.46% to 110.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 92.782.