Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Healthcare, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.14%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.17%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD), which rose 0.94% or 1.40 points to trade at 149.65 at the close. Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) added 0.88% or 0.89 points to end at 102.41 and General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) was up 0.78% or 0.19 points to 24.49 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which lost 1.19% or 2.85 points to trade at 235.89 in late trade. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) declined 0.28% or 0.37 points to end at 131.68 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) shed 0.23% or 0.52 points to 222.47.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Urban Outfitters Inc (NASDAQ:URBN) which rose 8.10% to 21.62, American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) which was up 5.43% to settle at 45.25 and Autodesk Inc (NASDAQ:ADSK) which gained 3.94% to close at 114.97.
The worst performers were Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA) which was down 9.14% to 212.36 in late trade, Broadcom Ltd (NASDAQ:AVGO) which lost 3.73% to settle at 245.54 and TripAdvisor Inc (NASDAQ:TRIP) which was down 3.69% to 41.72 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Dimension Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:DMTX) which rose 162.50% to 3.15, Monster Digital Inc (NASDAQ:MSDI) which was up 56.33% to settle at 0.99 and Adamas Pharma (NASDAQ:ADMS) which gained 40.06% to close at 19.93.
The worst performers were Aceto Corporation (NASDAQ:ACET) which was down 29.36% to 11.33 in late trade, Jaguar Health Inc (NASDAQ:JAGX) which lost 19.57% to settle at 0.400 and Diana Containerships Inc (NASDAQ:DCIX) which was down 17.39% to 0.9500 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2027 to 1032 and 165 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1438 rose and 1008 declined, while 180 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 7.85% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.33% or 4.27 to $1296.27 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.78% or 0.37 to hit $47.80 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.63% or 0.33 to trade at $52.37 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.05% to 1.1924, while USD/JPY fell 0.21% to 109.33.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.82% at 92.47.