Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.42% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.08%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 1.80%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE), which rose 3.21% or 1.02 points to trade at 32.77 at the close. Meanwhile, JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) added 2.37% or 2.01 points to end at 86.96 and Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) was up 2.31% or 2.40 points to 106.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which fell 3.88% or 6.01 points to trade at 148.98 at the close. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) declined 2.27% or 1.63 points to end at 70.32 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) was down 2.11% or 0.77 points to 35.71.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Urban Outfitters Inc (NASDAQ:URBN) which rose 7.77% to 17.62, Kohl’s Corporation (NYSE:KSS) which was up 7.22% to settle at 37.87 and Helmerich & Payne Inc (NYSE:HP) which gained 5.69% to close at 53.27.
The worst performers were NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) which was down 6.46% to 149.60 in late trade, KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ:KLAC) which lost 6.38% to settle at 101.98 and Citrix Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CTXS) which was down 5.88% to 78.32 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Delcath Systems Inc (NASDAQ:DCTH) which rose 48.10% to 0.0625, Amedica Corp (NASDAQ:AMDA) which was up 23.19% to settle at 0.340 and ATA Inc (NASDAQ:ATAI) which gained 25.06% to close at 4.890.
The worst performers were XBiotech Inc (NASDAQ:XBIT) which was down 66.03% to 3.20 in late trade, Ability Inc (NASDAQ:ABIL) which lost 25.18% to settle at 1.05 and Hunter Maritime Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:HUNT) which was down 19.94% to 7.99 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1962 to 1279 and 20 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1318 rose and 1222 declined, while 97 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 4.33% to 10.60.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.75% or 9.64 to $1269.86 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.37% or 0.17 to hit $45.81 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.56% or 0.27 to trade at $48.13 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1195, while USD/JPY rose 0.35% to 110.28.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 97.25.