Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Utilities, Technology and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher while losses in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Telecommunications sectors led shares lower.
At the close in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.79%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.55%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), which rose 0.82% or 0.20 points to trade at 24.48 at the close. Meanwhile, Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) added 0.32% or 0.31 points to end at 96.16 and International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) was up 0.31% or 0.48 points to 155.87 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), which fell 2.13% or 1.98 points to trade at 90.89 at the close. Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) declined 1.90% or 2.07 points to end at 106.85 and EI du Pont de Nemours and Company (NYSE:DD) was down 1.73% or 1.30 points to 73.79.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were E-TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:ETFC) which rose 8.43% to 24.56, Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) which was up 6.62% to settle at 88.22 and Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO) which gained 4.50% to close at 50.16.
The worst performers were United Parcel Service Inc (NYSE:UPS) which was down 9.91% to 102.93 in late trade, KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ:KLAC) which lost 8.05% to settle at 65.24 and Avon Products Inc (NYSE:AVP) which was down 7.85% to 7.98 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Torchlight Energ (NASDAQ:TRCH) which rose 72.78% to 0.69, Array BioPharma Inc (NASDAQ:ARRY) which was up 40.79% to settle at 7.110 and Egalet Corportn (NASDAQ:EGLT) which gained 39.77% to close at 8.54.
The worst performers were Cache Inc (NASDAQ:CACH) which was down 48.67% to 0.05 in late trade, Uroplasty Inc (NASDAQ:UPI) which lost 16.57% to settle at 1.310 and ATRM Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:ATRM) which was down 15.07% to 3.380 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1807 to 991 and 1 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1507 fell and 1253 advanced, while 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) rose to all time highs; rising 6.62% or 5.48 to 88.22. Shares in Cache Inc (NASDAQ:CACH) fell to all time lows; down 48.67% or 0.05 to 0.05. Shares in Array BioPharma Inc (NASDAQ:ARRY) rose to 3-year highs; gaining 40.79% or 2.060 to 7.110. Shares in Uroplasty Inc (NASDAQ:UPI) fell to 3-year lows; losing 16.57% or 0.260 to 1.310.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 1.16% to 16.59.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.47% or 6.10 to $1294.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in March fell 1.93% or 0.90 to hit $45.41 a barrel, while the March Brent Oil contract rose 0.49% or 0.24 to trade at $48.76 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.34% to 1.1210, while USD/JPY fell 0.59% to 117.81.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.66% at 95.29.