Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.08% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.00%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE), which rose 0.85% or 0.86 points to trade at 101.57 at the close. Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) added 0.69% or 0.87 points to end at 126.09 and Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) was up 0.60% or 0.33 points to 55.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW), which lost 0.71% or 0.39 points to trade at 54.83 in late trade. Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) declined 0.38% or 0.85 points to end at 219.97 and Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM) shed 0.34% or 0.24 points to 69.89.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were CenturyLink Inc (NYSE:CTL) which rose 2.36% to 13.42, General Mills Inc (NYSE:GIS) which was up 1.45% to settle at 53.19 and Kimco Realty Corporation (NYSE:KIM) which gained 1.42% to close at 20.76.
The worst performers were American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) which was down 4.15% to 28.44 in late trade, Foot Locker Inc (NYSE:FL) which lost 3.42% to settle at 39.49 and Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE:DVN) which was down 2.39% to 25.73 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Iterum Therapeutics PLC (NASDAQ:ITRM) which rose 95.47% to 4.75, Pintec Technology Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:PT) which was up 66.41% to settle at 2.13 and Aqua Metals Inc (NASDAQ:AQMS) which gained 59.62% to close at 0.83.
The worst performers were Melinta Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:MLNT) which was down 58.39% to 0.620 in late trade, Microbot Medical Inc (NASDAQ:MBOT) which lost 20.71% to settle at 11.1000 and IGM Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:IGMS) which was down 17.37% to 40.91 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1570 to 1215 and 116 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1678 fell and 959 advanced, while 89 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 6.17% to 13.43.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.08% or 1.25 to $1515.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $61.70 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.23 to trade at $68.15 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.72% to 1.1176, while USD/JPY fell 0.18% to 109.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 96.632.