Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Utilities and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.25%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.07%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX), which rose 1.47% or 1.77 points to trade at 122.49 at the close. Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) added 1.27% or 0.53 points to end at 42.23 and Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) was up 1.05% or 0.49 points to 47.19 in late trade.
Biggest losers included UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH), which lost 2.64% or 7.10 points to trade at 261.90 in late trade. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) declined 1.52% or 1.08 points to end at 70.12 and Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) shed 1.19% or 1.15 points to 95.58.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Coty Inc (NYSE:COTY) which rose 32.15% to 9.33, Mattel Inc (NASDAQ:MAT) which was up 23.22% to settle at 15.23 and Electronic Arts Inc (NASDAQ:EA) which gained 16.05% to close at 97.60.
The worst performers were The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NASDAQ:GT) which was down 9.05% to 18.69 in late trade, Henry Schein Inc (NASDAQ:HSIC) which lost 5.31% to settle at 59.15 and Hanesbrands Inc (NYSE:HBI) which was down 4.65% to 17.84 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were eGain Corporation (NASDAQ:EGAN) which rose 47.72% to 10.990, Marathon Patent Group Inc (NASDAQ:MARA) which was up 35.53% to settle at 0.515 and Eyenovia Inc (NASDAQ:EYEN) which gained 28.05% to close at 6.30.
The worst performers were Cellect Biotechnology Ltd (NASDAQ:APOP) which was down 49.78% to 1.15 in late trade, Magnegas Applied Technology Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:MNGA) which lost 48.17% to settle at 0.990 and Biocept Inc (NASDAQ:BIOC) which was down 47.29% to 1.070 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1587 to 1416 and 109 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1343 fell and 1271 advanced, while 100 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 3.97% to 15.72.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.27% or 3.55 to $1317.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.13% or 0.07 to hit $52.71 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.75% or 0.46 to trade at $62.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1325, while USD/JPY fell 0.04% to 109.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 96.412.