Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Financials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.31%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.23%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which rose 0.90% or 0.32 points to trade at 36.07 at the close. Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT) added 0.68% or 0.49 points to end at 72.08 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was up 0.23% or 0.15 points to 65.86 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), which lost 2.02% or 1.69 points to trade at 82.01 in late trade. E I du Pont de Nemours & Co (NYSE:DD) declined 1.60% or 1.31 points to end at 80.33 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) shed 1.34% or 1.19 points to 87.84.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC) which rose 13.15% to 69.59, Martin Marietta Materials Inc (NYSE:MLM) which was up 3.16% to settle at 218.25 and Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (NYSE:COG) which gained 2.88% to close at 23.91.
The worst performers were Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:INCY) which was down 2.98% to 133.67 in late trade, Urban Outfitters Inc (NASDAQ:URBN) which lost 2.86% to settle at 23.76 and AutoNation Inc (NYSE:AN) which was down 2.76% to 42.29 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Akari Therapeutics PLC (NASDAQ:AKTX) which rose 58.51% to 11.070, Steadymed Ltd (NASDAQ:STDY) which was up 46.84% to settle at 5.800 and Dicerna Pharma (NASDAQ:DRNA) which gained 25.93% to close at 3.400.
The worst performers were Wins Finance Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:WINS) which was down 35.39% to 144.99 in late trade, Proteostasis Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:PTI) which lost 28.19% to settle at 7.82 and Pulse Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:PLSE) which was down 24.46% to 20.410 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1906 to 1321 and 32 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1337 rose and 1159 declined, while 123 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 7.45% to 12.40.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.10% or 1.30 to $1246.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.79% or 0.40 to hit $50.75 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.00% or 0.53 to trade at $53.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.0660, while USD/JPY fell 0.52% to 111.35.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 100.39.