Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Utilities, Telecoms and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.13%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.16%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), which rose 1.25% or 1.74 points to trade at 141.01 at the close. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) added 1.25% or 0.76 points to end at 61.42 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) was up 1.07% or 3.22 points to 305.54 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), which lost 1.75% or 3.35 points to trade at 187.56 in late trade. Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) declined 1.35% or 1.94 points to end at 141.60 and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) shed 1.07% or 3.57 points to 329.50.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Illumina Inc (NASDAQ:ILMN) which rose 11.61% to 503.59, Mohawk Industries Inc (NYSE:MHK) which was up 5.82% to settle at 169.00 and Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) which gained 4.84% to close at 71.88.
The worst performers were Newell Brands Inc (NASDAQ:NWL) which was down 7.72% to 24.04 in late trade, DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc (NYSE:DVA) which lost 7.23% to settle at 105.14 and Digital Realty Trust Inc (NYSE:DLR) which was down 3.70% to 139.46 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were China Liberal Education Holdings (NASDAQ:CLEU) which rose 76.05% to 7.13, Artelo Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:ARTL) which was up 67.18% to settle at 2.725 and Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:SHIP) which gained 43.66% to close at 2.0400.
The worst performers were Amicus Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:FOLD) which was down 32.94% to 12.56 in late trade, Collplant Biotechnologies Ltd (NASDAQ:CLGN) which lost 32.41% to settle at 16.39 and Sanara Medtech Inc (NASDAQ:SMTI) which was down 23.78% to 31.250 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1550 to 1526 and 80 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1621 fell and 1516 advanced, while 83 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 5.46% to 20.09 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.45% or 8.25 to $1818.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.37% or 1.38 to hit $59.62 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 2.40% or 1.47 to trade at $62.61 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.12% to 1.2114, while USD/JPY rose 0.24% to 104.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 90.477.