Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financials, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.52%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.48%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Caterpillar Inc (N:CAT), which rose 1.42% or 1.02 points to trade at 72.99 at the close. Meanwhile, Chevron Corporation (N:CVX) added 1.10% or 0.99 points to end at 90.88 and Verizon Communications Inc (N:VZ) was up 1.03% or 0.48 points to 46.88 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pfizer Inc (N:PFE), which fell 2.73% or 0.95 points to trade at 33.82 at the close. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (N:UNH) declined 1.61% or 1.93 points to end at 117.78 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (N:JPM) was down 1.47% or 0.96 points to 64.25.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were First Solar Inc (O:FSLR) which rose 11.92% to 57.07, AbbVie Inc (N:ABBV) which was up 10.07% to settle at 59.550 and Expedia Inc (O:EXPE) which gained 7.27% to close at 136.30.
The worst performers were Genworth Financial Inc (N:GNW) which was down 10.34% to 4.68 in late trade, KeyCorp (N:KEY) which lost 7.17% to settle at 12.42 and Mallinckrodt (N:MNK) which was down 6.17% to 65.67 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were VirtualScopics Inc (O:VSCP) which rose 150.00% to 4.500, Fluidigm Corporation (O:FLDM) which was up 46.48% to settle at 10.81 and Cray Inc (O:CRAY) which gained 33.29% to close at 29.63.
The worst performers were Fairway Group Holdings Corp (O:FWM) which was down 36.26% to 1.16 in late trade, Control4 Co (O:CTRL) which lost 26.85% to settle at 6.54 and Moko Social (O:MOKO) which was down 23.98% to 1.49 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1268 to 1256 and 3 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1540 fell and 1009 advanced, while 54 ended unchanged.
Shares in Expedia Inc (O:EXPE) rose to all time highs; rising 7.27% or 9.24 to 136.30. Shares in VirtualScopics Inc (O:VSCP) rose to 52-week highs; rising 150.00% or 2.700 to 4.500. Shares in Control4 Co (O:CTRL) fell to all time lows; losing 26.85% or 2.40 to 6.54. Shares in Moko Social (O:MOKO) fell to 52-week lows; losing 23.98% or 0.47 to 1.49.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 3.29% to 15.09.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.47% or 5.40 to $1141.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.80% or 0.37 to hit $46.43 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.40% or 0.69 to trade at $49.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.0996, while USD/JPY fell 0.39% to 120.66.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.32% at 97.05.