Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.29%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.46%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.90%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS), which rose 0.53% or 1.27 points to trade at 239.45 at the close. JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) added 0.47% or 0.40 points to end at 86.29 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) was up 0.22% or 0.16 points to 74.08 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), which lost 1.17% or 0.73 points to trade at 62.16 in late trade. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) declined 0.98% or 0.36 points to end at 36.30 and McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) shed 0.87% or 1.07 points to 121.72.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Endo International PLC (NASDAQ:ENDP) which rose 5.04% to 16.47, Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (NYSE:COG) which was up 2.73% to settle at 23.36 and SL Green Realty Corporation (NYSE:SLG) which gained 2.33% to close at 107.55.
The worst performers were NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) which was down 4.21% to 106.74 in late trade, Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE:NEM) which lost 3.40% to settle at 34.07 and Skyworks Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:SWKS) which was down 2.48% to 74.66 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were ImmunoGen Inc (NASDAQ:IMGN) which rose 29.11% to 2.04, Rubicon Technology Inc (NASDAQ:RBCN) which was up 24.74% to settle at 0.6000 and Synthesis Energy Systems Inc (NASDAQ:SYMX) which gained 23.44% to close at 1.0000.
The worst performers were Innocoll AG (NASDAQ:INNL) which was down 61.02% to 0.69 in late trade, Interpace Diagnostics Group Inc (NASDAQ:IDXG) which lost 20.00% to settle at 4.4000 and Opko Health Inc (NASDAQ:OPK) which was down 18.85% to 9.30 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1771 to 1459 and 38 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1527 fell and 997 advanced, while 110 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 5.09% to 14.05.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.57% or 6.65 to $1151.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.13% or 0.07 to hit $53.84 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.19% or 0.11 to trade at $56.74 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.30% to 1.0519, while USD/JPY rose 0.35% to 116.97.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 102.42.