Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Financials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.08%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.06%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Goldman Sachs Group Inc (N:GS), which rose 0.70% or 1.32 points to trade at 190.47 at the close. Meanwhile, Verizon Communications Inc (N:VZ) added 0.69% or 0.31 points to end at 45.23 and McDonald`s Corporation (N:MCD) was up 0.63% or 0.72 points to 114.23 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Walt Disney Company (N:DIS), which fell 2.98% or 3.54 points to trade at 115.13 at the close. Wal-Mart Stores Inc (N:WMT) declined 0.58% or 0.35 points to end at 59.89 and Chevron Corporation (N:CVX) was down 0.55% or 0.50 points to 90.37.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Illumina Inc (O:ILMN) which rose 2.83% to 185.56, Kroger Company (N:KR) which was up 2.26% to settle at 38.01 and Endo International PLC (O:ENDP) which gained 2.18% to close at 62.33.
The worst performers were Southwestern Energy Company (N:SWN) which was down 7.22% to 8.74 in late trade, CONSOL Energy Inc (N:CNX) which lost 6.50% to settle at 7.48 and Range Resources Corporation (N:RRC) which was down 5.88% to 28.50 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were eFuture Information Technology Inc (O:EFUT) which rose 94.97% to 15.89, Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals Inc (O:CYCC) which was up 47.83% to settle at 1.020 and Repros Therapeutics Inc (O:RPRX) which gained 45.14% to close at 2.54.
The worst performers were Abengoa SA (O:ABGB) which was down 25.75% to 1.73 in late trade, DragonWave Inc (O:DRWI) which lost 14.55% to settle at 0.094 and SkyPeople Fruit Juice Inc (O:SPU) which was down 11.23% to 0.506 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1973 to 1403 and 13 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1627 rose and 930 declined, while 92 ended unchanged.
Shares in Southwestern Energy Company (N:SWN) fell to 5-year lows; down 7.22% or 0.68 to 8.74. Shares in Range Resources Corporation (N:RRC) fell to 5-year lows; losing 5.88% or 1.78 to 28.50. Shares in eFuture Information Technology Inc (O:EFUT) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 94.97% or 7.74 to 15.89. Shares in Abengoa SA (O:ABGB) fell to all time lows; falling 25.75% or 0.60 to 1.73. Shares in SkyPeople Fruit Juice Inc (O:SPU) fell to all time lows; losing 11.23% or 0.064 to 0.506.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.46% to 15.12.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.32% or 14.10 to $1055.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.95% or 1.27 to hit $41.77 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.26% or 0.57 to trade at $44.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.0594, while USD/JPY rose 0.20% to 122.82.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 100.05.