Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.17%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.20%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK), which rose 1.09% or 0.60 points to trade at 55.87 at the close. Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) added 0.80% or 0.30 points to end at 37.60 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) was up 0.71% or 0.36 points to 51.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), which lost 2.24% or 0.41 points to trade at 17.88 in late trade. Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) declined 1.96% or 5.42 points to end at 271.38 and Visa Inc (NYSE:V) shed 1.65% or 1.86 points to 110.73.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Apache Corporation (NYSE:APA) which rose 5.71% to 44.22, Mylan Inc (NASDAQ:MYL) which was up 4.35% to settle at 38.12 and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE:HPE) which gained 3.48% to close at 14.44.
The worst performers were Mattel Inc (NASDAQ:MAT) which was down 5.42% to 17.26 in late trade, Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA) which lost 4.12% to settle at 212.58 and Envision Healthcare Corp (NYSE:EVHC) which was down 3.73% to 30.74 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Pyxis Tankers Inc (NASDAQ:PXS) which rose 103.98% to 4.1000, Ohr Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:OHRP) which was up 50.59% to settle at 1.280 and American Woodmark Corporation (NASDAQ:AMWD) which gained 28.21% to close at 127.70.
The worst performers were Eagle Bancorp Inc (NASDAQ:EGBN) which was down 24.49% to 49.95 in late trade, KBS Fashion Group Ltd (NASDAQ:KBSF) which lost 15.96% to settle at 4.3700 and ReTo Eco-Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:RETO) which was down 15.25% to 8.560 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1568 to 1526 and 129 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1517 fell and 1020 advanced, while 116 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.09% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.51% or 6.50 to $1279.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.64% or 0.94 to hit $58.34 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.69% or 1.06 to trade at $63.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1900, while USD/JPY fell 0.36% to 112.13.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 92.82.