Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Technology, Financials and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.49%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.19%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were DowDuPont Inc (NYSE:DWDP), which rose 2.63% or 1.72 points to trade at 67.00 at the close. McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) added 2.50% or 4.02 points to end at 164.55 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) was up 2.32% or 1.13 points to 49.76 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), which lost 1.64% or 1.76 points to trade at 105.75 in late trade. Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) declined 1.45% or 2.90 points to end at 197.41 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) shed 0.72% or 0.73 points to 100.41.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were CarMax Inc (NYSE:KMX) which rose 12.86% to 80.19, Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) which was up 7.83% to settle at 21.48 and Anadarko Petroleum Corp (NYSE:APC) which gained 6.69% to close at 74.11.
The worst performers were Red Hat Inc (NYSE:RHT) which was down 14.23% to 142.14 in late trade, F5 Networks Inc (NASDAQ:FFIV) which lost 4.84% to settle at 171.47 and Macy’s Inc (NYSE:M) which was down 4.81% to 37.43 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Apollo Medical Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:AMEH) which rose 50.60% to 30.00, Restoration Robotics Inc (NASDAQ:HAIR) which was up 33.33% to settle at 3.64 and Soleno Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:SLNO) which gained 33.05% to close at 3.100.
The worst performers were Inpixon (NASDAQ:INPX) which was down 33.07% to 0.1941 in late trade, Research Frontiers Incorporated (NASDAQ:REFR) which lost 27.44% to settle at 0.595 and Xenetic Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:XBIO) which was down 21.67% to 2.820 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2025 to 1028 and 122 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1331 rose and 1234 declined, while 109 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 6.01% to 13.76.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.10% or 1.30 to $1271.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 5.86% or 3.84 to hit $69.38 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 3.67% or 2.68 to trade at $75.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.52% to 1.1663, while USD/JPY fell 0.02% to 109.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 94.19.