Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.15%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.04%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Visa Inc (NYSE:V), which rose 1.52% or 1.49 points to trade at 99.60 at the close. Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) added 1.44% or 0.85 points to end at 59.95 and Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) was up 0.88% or 1.86 points to 212.14 in late trade.
Biggest losers included General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), which lost 2.92% or 0.78 points to trade at 25.91 in late trade. Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) declined 1.32% or 1.38 points to end at 103.25 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) shed 0.95% or 2.12 points to 220.18.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Cintas Corporation (NASDAQ:CTAS) which rose 9.19% to 138.43, Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE:COF) which was up 8.55% to settle at 87.94 and E-TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:ETFC) which gained 5.13% to close at 41.63.
The worst performers were Helmerich & Payne Inc (NYSE:HP) which was down 5.47% to 54.13 in late trade, Intuitive Surgical Inc (NASDAQ:ISRG) which lost 4.55% to settle at 927.47 and Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ:HBAN) which was down 4.35% to 12.97 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were TearLab Corp (NASDAQ:TEAR) which rose 89.77% to 3.3400, Top Ships Inc (NASDAQ:TOPS) which was up 25.00% to settle at 0.2600 and ESSA Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:EPIX) which gained 26.22% to close at 0.310.
The worst performers were DryShips Inc (NASDAQ:DRYS) which was down 27.91% to 2.17 in late trade, Pernix Therapeutics Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PTX) which lost 23.61% to settle at 3.430 and Omega Flex Inc (NASDAQ:OFLX) which was down 15.23% to 58.11 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1654 to 1444 and 144 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1442 fell and 1023 advanced, while 162 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 2.51% to 9.34.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.67% or 8.39 to $1253.89 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.60% or 1.22 to hit $45.70 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.66% or 1.31 to trade at $47.99 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.28% to 1.1665, while USD/JPY fell 0.70% to 111.13.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 93.78.