Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Utilities, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.39%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.01%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which rose 2.25% or 3.71 points to trade at 168.75 at the close. Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) added 1.89% or 3.11 points to end at 167.35 and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) was up 1.64% or 5.33 points to 329.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which lost 1.40% or 1.69 points to trade at 119.02 in late trade. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) declined 1.15% or 2.39 points to end at 206.21 and Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) shed 0.84% or 0.62 points to 72.89.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) which rose 6.11% to 7.29, Alliance Data Systems Corp (NYSE:ADS) which was up 4.44% to settle at 55.00 and Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) which gained 3.83% to close at 37.95.
The worst performers were JB Hunt Transport Services Inc (NASDAQ:JBHT) which was down 9.73% to 128.04 in late trade, Schlumberger NV (NYSE:SLB) which lost 8.83% to settle at 14.97 and Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) which was down 6.27% to 12.25 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Kaixin Auto Holdings (NASDAQ:KXIN) which rose 55.64% to 2.070, SG Blocks Inc (NASDAQ:SGBX) which was up 35.15% to settle at 2.7300 and Code Chain New Continent Ltd (NASDAQ:CCNC) which gained 34.15% to close at 1.100.
The worst performers were Calyxt Inc (NASDAQ:CLXT) which was down 21.27% to 3.96 in late trade, Del Taco Restaurants Inc (NASDAQ:TACO) which lost 21.27% to settle at 8.18 and Adaptimmune Therapeutics Plc (NASDAQ:ADAP) which was down 20.13% to 6.31 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1800 to 1262 and 90 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1517 fell and 1353 advanced, while 80 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 1.63% to 27.41.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.32% or 6.10 to $1902.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.46% or 0.19 to hit $40.77 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.81% or 0.35 to trade at $42.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.1719, while USD/JPY fell 0.04% to 105.39.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 93.705.