Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.78%, while the S&P 500 index fell 1.05%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 1.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX), which rose 1.08% or 1.62 points to trade at 151.52 at the close. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) added 1.05% or 1.56 points to end at 149.93 and The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV) was up 0.88% or 1.18 points to 135.16 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), which lost 3.16% or 5.83 points to trade at 178.59 in late trade. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) declined 2.26% or 7.25 points to end at 313.05 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) shed 2.22% or 2.28 points to 100.25.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) which rose 7.00% to 177.43, Gilead Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:GILD) which was up 4.03% to settle at 69.70 and Mosaic Co (NYSE:MOS) which gained 3.90% to close at 19.19.
The worst performers were Hasbro Inc (NASDAQ:HAS) which was down 9.01% to 89.97 in late trade, Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) which lost 6.97% to settle at 53.28 and Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE:DVN) which was down 5.33% to 20.97 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Tocagen Inc (NASDAQ:TOCA) which rose 111.11% to 1.9000, Trans World Entertainment Corp (NASDAQ:TWMC) which was up 50.86% to settle at 5.280 and Celldex Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:CLDX) which gained 35.24% to close at 3.070.
The worst performers were Eyepoint Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:EYPT) which was down 25.64% to 1.450 in late trade, Lianluo Smart Ltd (NASDAQ:LLIT) which lost 22.76% to settle at 0.6569 and Appian Corp (NASDAQ:APPN) which was down 22.38% to 48.65 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1909 to 886 and 86 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1823 fell and 791 advanced, while 88 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 9.77% to 17.08.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.57% or 25.45 to $1645.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.82% or 0.44 to hit $53.44 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.45% or 0.86 to trade at $58.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.60% to 1.0848, while USD/JPY fell 0.47% to 111.58.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 99.262.