Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.46%, while the S&P 500 index declined 1.48%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 3.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH), which rose 2.80% or 9.87 points to trade at 362.05 at the close. JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) added 1.65% or 2.56 points to end at 157.65 and 3M Company (NYSE:MMM) was up 1.43% or 2.70 points to 191.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX), which lost 3.62% or 3.91 points to trade at 104.12 in late trade. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) declined 3.39% or 4.23 points to end at 120.53 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) shed 3.12% or 2.06 points to 63.73.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Hartford Financial Services Group (NYSE:HIG) which rose 18.71% to 68.15, PPL Corporation (NYSE:PPL) which was up 5.96% to settle at 29.69 and ViacomCBS Inc (NASDAQ:VIAC) which gained 4.79% to close at 96.76.
The worst performers were Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) which was down 8.40% to 10.68 in late trade, Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) which lost 8.33% to settle at 26.62 and Apache Corporation (NASDAQ:APA) which was down 8.32% to 19.24 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Upstart Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UPST) which rose 89.32% to 115.09, Jiayin Group Inc (NASDAQ:JFIN) which was up 73.62% to settle at 9.41 and Wisekey International Holding AG (NASDAQ:WKEY) which gained 64.37% to close at 13.10.
The worst performers were Translate Bio Inc (NASDAQ:TBIO) which was down 30.89% to 17.76 in late trade, Liquid Media Group Ltd (NASDAQ:YVR) which lost 26.33% to settle at 2.910 and Integrated Media Technology Ltd (NASDAQ:IMTE) which was down 22.50% to 6.51 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 0 fell and 0 advanced on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 12.22% to 21.58.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.12% or 2.15 to $1730.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.50% or 0.30 to hit $59.70 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.32% or 0.20 to trade at $62.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1916, while USD/JPY rose 0.13% to 109.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 91.877.