Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, Consumer Services and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.03%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.09%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), which rose 1.79% or 1.87 points to trade at 106.27 at the close. JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) added 1.26% or 1.39 points to end at 111.28 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) was up 0.90% or 2.06 points to 231.69 in late trade.
Biggest losers included International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM), which lost 1.94% or 2.89 points to trade at 146.35 in late trade. Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) declined 1.86% or 2.60 points to end at 136.82 and Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) shed 0.92% or 0.39 points to 42.01.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Cintas Corporation (NASDAQ:CTAS) which rose 5.11% to 203.57, Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE:PM) which was up 4.22% to settle at 84.31 and VF Corporation (NYSE:VFC) which gained 4.15% to close at 92.94.
The worst performers were State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT) which was down 7.41% to 85.87 in late trade, Skyworks Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:SWKS) which lost 5.36% to settle at 96.99 and Alaska Air Group Inc (NYSE:ALK) which was down 4.95% to 60.63 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Rewalk Robotics Ltd (NASDAQ:RWLK) which rose 73.64% to 1.25, Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ARLZ) which was up 25.46% to settle at 0.31 and SAExploration Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:SAEX) which gained 19.41% to close at 2.030.
The worst performers were Zynerba Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ZYNE) which was down 24.09% to 7.91 in late trade, FTD Companies Inc (NASDAQ:FTD) which lost 19.47% to settle at 3.64 and Diversified Restaurant Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:SAUC) which was down 16.53% to 1.010 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1608 to 1415 and 139 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1347 fell and 1195 advanced, while 129 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.31% to 12.83.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.57% or 7.00 to $1231.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.18% or 0.12 to hit $68.12 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.66% or 0.48 to trade at $73.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.69% to 1.1723, while USD/JPY fell 0.85% to 111.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.80% at 94.22.