Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Financials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.15%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.30%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), which rose 1.40% or 0.92 points to trade at 66.42 at the close. United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX) added 0.92% or 1.05 points to end at 114.99 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) was up 0.86% or 1.28 points to 150.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ), which lost 2.40% or 1.16 points to trade at 47.25 in late trade. General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) declined 2.38% or 0.72 points to end at 29.55 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) shed 1.20% or 1.03 points to 84.52.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Rockwell Collins Inc (NYSE:COL) which rose 5.13% to 104.70, Stanley Black & Decker Inc (NYSE:SWK) which was up 3.65% to settle at 137.56 and Robert Half International Inc (NYSE:RHI) which gained 2.77% to close at 47.18.
The worst performers were Mattel Inc (NASDAQ:MAT) which was down 13.57% to 21.79 in late trade, Under Armour Inc C (NYSE:UA) which lost 3.20% to settle at 17.530 and Mallinckrodt (NYSE:MNK) which was down 3.14% to 43.52 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Akari Therapeutics PLC (NASDAQ:AKTX) which rose 25.23% to 20.500, Carver Bancorp Inc (NASDAQ:CARV) which was up 22.81% to settle at 4.900 and Globus Maritime Ltd (NASDAQ:GLBS) which gained 21.90% to close at 2.9500.
The worst performers were XBiotech Inc (NASDAQ:XBIT) which was down 39.89% to 10.23 in late trade, Aevi Genomic Medicine Inc (NASDAQ:GNMX) which lost 17.20% to settle at 1.540 and Onconova Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ONTX) which was down 14.92% to 2.1100 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1739 to 1458 and 48 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1432 fell and 1054 advanced, while 135 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 4.10% to 14.73.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.21% or 2.70 to $1286.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.21% or 1.12 to hit $49.59 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 2.00% or 1.06 to trade at $51.93 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.07% to 1.0709, while USD/JPY fell 0.16% to 109.15.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 99.78.