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 fell 2.37%, while the S&P 500 index declined 2.59%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 3.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which rose 0.52% or 1.84 points to trade at 356.25 at the close. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) fell 0.95% or 2.22 points to end at 230.67 and Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) was down 0.96% or 1.07 points to 110.84 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which lost 4.62% or 9.82 points to trade at 202.64 in late trade. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) declined 3.89% or 1.82 points to end at 44.96 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) shed 3.65% or 4.46 points to 117.81.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM) which rose 2.19% to 151.49, Newmont Goldcorp Corp (NYSE:NEM) which was up 2.16% to settle at 39.32 and Intuit Inc (NASDAQ:INTU) which gained 1.10% to close at 278.74.
The worst performers were Foot Locker Inc (NYSE:FL) which was down 18.92% to 33.99 in late trade, L Brands Inc (NYSE:LB) which lost 9.31% to settle at 17.53 and Hasbro Inc (NASDAQ:HAS) which was down 8.94% to 104.13 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Fuwei Films Holdings Co Ltd (NASDAQ:FFHL) which rose 217.77% to 6.2600, Liquid Media Group Ltd (NASDAQ:YVR) which was up 24.02% to settle at 1.563 and KemPharm Inc (NASDAQ:KMPH) which gained 22.89% to close at 0.89.
The worst performers were TuanChe ADR (NASDAQ:TC) which was down 31.32% to 2.61 in late trade, American Resources Corp Class A (NASDAQ:AREC) which lost 28.41% to settle at 0.80 and Craft Brew Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:BREW) which was down 20.60% to 10.29 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2543 to 443 and 20 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2289 fell and 381 advanced, while 67 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 19.12% to 19.87.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.87% or 28.25 to $1536.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.53% or 1.40 to hit $53.95 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.32% or 0.79 to trade at $59.13 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.58% to 1.1142, while USD/JPY fell 0.95% to 105.41.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 97.550.