U.S. stocks mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.17%

© Reuters. U.S. stocks mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.17%

Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Telecoms sectors led shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Utilities sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.17%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.09%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.01%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), which rose 2.50% or 0.50 points to trade at 20.49 at the close. Meanwhile, Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) added 2.05% or 2.10 points to end at 104.78 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) was up 0.84% or 1.14 points to 136.48 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which fell 1.56% or 0.72 points to trade at 45.58 at the close. Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) declined 1.30% or 0.73 points to end at 55.48 and McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) was down 0.84% or 1.41 points to 165.59.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were News Corp B (NASDAQ:NWS) which rose 5.42% to 15.55, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) which was up 5.27% to settle at 216.14 and News Corp A (NASDAQ:NWSA) which gained 5.15% to close at 15.10.

The worst performers were Johnson Controls International PLC (NYSE:JCI) which was down 4.10% to 36.93 in late trade, Henry Schein Inc (NASDAQ:HSIC) which lost 3.75% to settle at 67.05 and Cardinal Health Inc (NYSE:CAH) which was down 3.32% to 58.55 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Cartesian I (NASDAQ:CRTN) which rose 96.30% to 0.510, China Recycling Energy Corp (NASDAQ:CREG) which was up 56.00% to settle at 5.8500 and Ekso Bionics Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:EKSO) which gained 45.71% to close at 1.53.

The worst performers were Real Industry Inc (NASDAQ:RELY) which was down 61.76% to 0.65 in late trade, Neovasc Inc (NASDAQ:NVCN) which lost 28.08% to settle at 1.050 and Yulong Eco-Materials Ltd (NASDAQ:YECO) which was down 26.44% to 3.060 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1750 to 1325 and 136 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1319 rose and 1206 declined, while 127 ended unchanged.

Shares in News Corp B (NASDAQ:NWS) rose to 52-week highs; up 5.42% or 0.80 to 15.55. Shares in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.27% or 10.82 to 216.14. Shares in Henry Schein Inc (NASDAQ:HSIC) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.75% or 2.61 to 67.05. Shares in News Corp A (NASDAQ:NWSA) rose to 52-week highs; up 5.15% or 0.74 to 15.10. Shares in Cardinal Health Inc (NYSE:CAH) fell to 3-years lows; losing 3.32% or 2.01 to 58.55. Shares in Real Industry Inc (NASDAQ:RELY) fell to all time lows; losing 61.76% or 1.05 to 0.65. Shares in China Recycling Energy Corp (NASDAQ:CREG) rose to 52-week highs; up 56.00% or 2.1000 to 5.8500.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 6.76% to 11.21.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.87% or 11.23 to $1276.27 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.58% or 0.33 to hit $56.84 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.50% or 0.32 to trade at $63.61 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.1667, while USD/JPY rose 0.06% to 113.54.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 94.28.