Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Technology, Consumer Services and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.21% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.11%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were American Express Company (NYSE:AXP), which rose 5.42% or 9.61 points to trade at 187.08 at the close. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) added 1.65% or 6.73 points to end at 414.32 and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) was up 1.56% or 6.88 points to 449.16 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which lost 11.68% or 6.54 points to trade at 49.46 in late trade. Honeywell International Inc (NASDAQ:HON) declined 3.17% or 7.12 points to end at 217.40 and Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) shed 1.45% or 0.86 points to 58.40.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were SVB Financial Group (NASDAQ:SIVB) which rose 6.80% to 753.12, Seagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ:STX) which was up 6.07% to settle at 87.23 and eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) which gained 5.75% to close at 80.59.
The worst performers were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) which was down 11.68% to 49.46 in late trade, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) which lost 5.05% to settle at 324.61 and Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) which was down 4.83% to 62.24 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Phunware Inc (NASDAQ:PHUN) which rose 471.24% to 8.7400, Remark Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:MARK) which was up 138.44% to settle at 2.1700 and Digital World Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:DWAC) which gained 107.03% to close at 94.20.
The worst performers were Metacrine Inc (NASDAQ:MTCR) which was down 57.44% to 1.630 in late trade, Xiaobai Maimai Inc (NASDAQ:HX) which lost 38.51% to settle at 5.6200 and Ocular Therapeutix Inc (NASDAQ:OCUL) which was down 36.20% to 6.91 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1606 to 1585 and 130 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2183 fell and 1442 advanced, while 157 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 2.80% to 15.43.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.72% or 12.75 to $1794.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.08% or 1.72 to hit $84.22 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.55% or 1.31 to trade at $85.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.1643, while USD/JPY fell 0.47% to 113.43.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 93.597.