Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrials, Financials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.13%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.13%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH), which rose 1.83% or 4.53 points to trade at 252.29 at the close. Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM) added 1.39% or 1.06 points to end at 77.67 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) was up 0.78% or 0.45 points to 57.79 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), which lost 1.24% or 1.76 points to trade at 140.26 in late trade. Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) declined 1.15% or 0.56 points to end at 48.37 and United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX) shed 0.98% or 1.27 points to 128.76.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Humana Inc (NYSE:HUM) which rose 4.47% to 270.39, Baker Hughes A Ge Company LLC (NYSE:BHGE) which was up 3.41% to settle at 25.19 and CarMax Inc (NYSE:KMX) which gained 3.13% to close at 85.60.
The worst performers were Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) which was down 4.51% to 46.60 in late trade, Altria Group (NYSE:MO) which lost 4.50% to settle at 48.00 and Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE:SEE) which was down 4.44% to 41.73 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Legacy Reserves Inc (NASDAQ:LGCY) which rose 59.77% to 0.0850, Aspen Group Inc (NASDAQ:ASPU) which was up 25.93% to settle at 5.1000 and China SXT Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:SXTC) which gained 24.36% to close at 4.3400.
The worst performers were Akerna Corp (NASDAQ:KERN) which was down 25.99% to 27.05 in late trade, VERB TECHNOLOGY COMPANY INC (NASDAQ:VERB) which lost 18.33% to settle at 1.960 and Stellar Biotechnologies Inc (NASDAQ:EDSA) which was down 18.11% to 6.060 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1830 to 1188 and 23 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1591 fell and 1056 advanced, while 108 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 4.41% to 15.40.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.45% or 6.30 to $1403.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.91% or 0.52 to hit $57.59 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.33% or 0.86 to trade at $65.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.68% to 1.1368, while USD/JPY rose 0.02% to 107.31.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 95.692.