Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Financials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.19%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.19%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), which rose 1.17% or 1.23 points to trade at 106.70 at the close. Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) added 0.92% or 0.31 points to end at 34.06 and Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) was up 0.88% or 1.61 points to 184.83 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which lost 3.47% or 1.30 points to trade at 36.13 in late trade. Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) declined 1.63% or 0.76 points to end at 45.91 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) shed 1.34% or 1.08 points to 79.25.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Cerner Corporation (NASDAQ:CERN) which rose 7.81% to 64.75, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (NYSE:RCL) which was up 6.07% to settle at 106.60 and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:REGN) which gained 5.97% to close at 388.49.
The worst performers were Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) which was down 15.88% to 27.80 in late trade, Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NYSE:HST) which lost 6.70% to settle at 17.95 and VF Corporation (NYSE:VFC) which was down 5.57% to 54.63 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Monster Digital Inc (NASDAQ:MSDI) which rose 53.03% to 1.01, Yield10 Bioscience Inc (NASDAQ:YTEN) which was up 31.23% to settle at 0.597 and Strattec Security Corporation (NASDAQ:STRT) which gained 30.16% to close at 32.15.
The worst performers were Matrix Service Company (NASDAQ:MTRX) which was down 30.37% to 11.75 in late trade, FuelCell Energy Inc (NASDAQ:FCEL) which lost 28.12% to settle at 1.150 and CytRx Corporation (NASDAQ:CYTR) which was down 25.69% to 0.509 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1953 to 1254 and 51 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1605 fell and 905 advanced, while 103 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 4.63% to 10.84.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.29% or 3.70 to $1269.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.45% or 0.22 to hit $49.19 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.06 to trade at $51.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.0896, while USD/JPY rose 0.13% to 111.41.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 98.88.