Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financials, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.52%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.48%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Caterpillar Inc (N:CAT), which rose 1.42% or 1.02 points to trade at 72.99 at the close. Chevron Corporation (N:CVX) added 1.10% or 0.99 points to end at 90.88 and Verizon Communications Inc (N:VZ) was up 1.03% or 0.48 points to 46.88 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pfizer Inc (N:PFE), which lost 2.73% or 0.95 points to trade at 33.82 in late trade. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (N:UNH) declined 1.61% or 1.93 points to end at 117.78 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (N:JPM) shed 1.47% or 0.96 points to 64.25.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were First Solar Inc (O:FSLR) which rose 11.92% to 57.07, AbbVie Inc (N:ABBV) which was up 10.07% to settle at 59.550 and Expedia Inc (O:EXPE) which gained 7.27% to close at 136.30.
The worst performers were Genworth Financial Inc (N:GNW) which was down 10.34% to 4.68 in late trade, KeyCorp (N:KEY) which lost 7.17% to settle at 12.42 and Mallinckrodt (N:MNK) which was down 6.17% to 65.67 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were VirtualScopics Inc (O:VSCP) which rose 150.00% to 4.500, Fluidigm Corporation (O:FLDM) which was up 46.48% to settle at 10.81 and Cray Inc (O:CRAY) which gained 33.29% to close at 29.63.
The worst performers were Fairway Group Holdings Corp (O:FWM) which was down 36.26% to 1.16 in late trade, Control4 Co (O:CTRL) which lost 26.85% to settle at 6.54 and Moko Social (O:MOKO) which was down 23.98% to 1.49 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1268 to 1256 and 3 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1540 fell and 1009 advanced, while 54 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 3.22% to 15.08.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.47% or 5.40 to $1141.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.83% or 0.38 to hit $46.44 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.40% or 0.69 to trade at $49.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.0997, while USD/JPY fell 0.39% to 120.66.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.32% at 97.05.