Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Technology, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.42% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.08%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 1.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE), which rose 3.21% or 1.02 points to trade at 32.77 at the close. JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) added 2.37% or 2.01 points to end at 86.96 and Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) was up 2.31% or 2.40 points to 106.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which lost 3.88% or 6.01 points to trade at 148.98 in late trade. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) declined 2.27% or 1.63 points to end at 70.32 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) shed 2.11% or 0.77 points to 35.71.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Urban Outfitters Inc (NASDAQ:URBN) which rose 7.77% to 17.62, Kohl’s Corporation (NYSE:KSS) which was up 7.22% to settle at 37.87 and Helmerich & Payne Inc (NYSE:HP) which gained 5.69% to close at 53.27.
The worst performers were NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) which was down 6.46% to 149.60 in late trade, KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ:KLAC) which lost 6.38% to settle at 101.98 and Citrix Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CTXS) which was down 5.88% to 78.32 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Delcath Systems Inc (NASDAQ:DCTH) which rose 48.10% to 0.0625, Amedica Corp (NASDAQ:AMDA) which was up 23.19% to settle at 0.340 and ATA Inc (NASDAQ:ATAI) which gained 25.06% to close at 4.890.
The worst performers were XBiotech Inc (NASDAQ:XBIT) which was down 66.03% to 3.20 in late trade, Ability Inc (NASDAQ:ABIL) which lost 25.18% to settle at 1.05 and Hunter Maritime Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:HUNT) which was down 19.94% to 7.99 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1962 to 1279 and 20 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1318 rose and 1222 declined, while 97 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 4.33% to 10.60.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.75% or 9.64 to $1269.86 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.42% or 0.19 to hit $45.83 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.61% or 0.29 to trade at $48.15 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1195, while USD/JPY rose 0.36% to 110.29.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 97.25.