Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.16%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.10%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO), which rose 0.61% or 0.28 points to trade at 46.10 at the close. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) added 0.52% or 0.29 points to end at 55.65 and Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT) was up 0.47% or 0.32 points to 69.08 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which lost 2.01% or 2.25 points to trade at 109.85 in late trade. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) declined 1.44% or 2.32 points to end at 158.61 and Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) shed 1.24% or 0.35 points to 27.90.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Transocean Ltd (NYSE:RIG) which rose 5.08% to 9.72, Urban Outfitters Inc (NASDAQ:URBN) which was up 3.35% to settle at 31.43 and Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:RF) which gained 3.19% to close at 8.74.
The worst performers were Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:VRTX) which was down 6.12% to 81.75 in late trade, Seagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ:STX) which lost 5.61% to settle at 25.59 and National Oilwell Varco Inc (NYSE:NOV) which was down 3.89% to 27.68 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Great Basin Scientific Inc (NASDAQ:GBSN) which rose 62.27% to 4.4300, Energy XXI Ltd (NASDAQ:EXXI) which was up 48.94% to settle at 0.1902 and Skyline Medical Inc (NASDAQ:SKLN) which gained 47.49% to close at 0.2500.
The worst performers were Cellectar Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:CLRB) which was down 31.15% to 2.1000 in late trade, Donegal Group B Inc (NASDAQ:DGICB) which lost 21.04% to settle at 12.950 and Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:SMCI) which was down 19.60% to 26.79 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1792 to 1533 and 25 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1309 fell and 1272 advanced, while 71 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.44% to 13.66.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.75% or 9.20 to $1235.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 2.41% or 1.00 to hit $40.50 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.55% or 0.68 to trade at $43.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.1284, while USD/JPY fell 0.63% to 108.75.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 94.69.