U.S. shares mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.33% By Investing.com
Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Technology, Telecoms and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.33% to hit a new 3-month high, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.06%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), which rose 1.11% or 1.68 points to trade at 152.50 at the close. Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) added 1.04% or 0.99 points to end at 96.06 and Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) was up 0.90% or 1.39 points to 156.06 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which lost 0.70% or 1.34 points to trade at 189.97 in late trade. Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) declined 0.26% or 0.28 points to end at 107.64 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) shed 0.11% or 0.42 points to 377.43.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE:CF) which rose 2.55% to 78.36, Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE:BBY) which was up 2.18% to settle at 69.51 and WestRock Co (NYSE:WRK) which gained 2.14% to close at 37.70.
The worst performers were First Solar Inc (NASDAQ:FSLR) which was down 3.34% to 154.38 in late trade, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) which lost 1.93% to settle at 477.76 and Bunge Limited (NYSE:BG) which was down 1.42% to 107.99 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were BioNexus Gene Lab Corp (NASDAQ:BGLC) which rose 143.90% to 0.90, FLJ Group Ltd (NASDAQ:FLJ) which was up 45.24% to settle at 0.16 and Captivision Inc (NASDAQ:CAPT) which gained 44.44% to close at 2.34.
The worst performers were Seelos Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:SEEL) which was down 22.95% to 0.13 in late trade, LQR House Inc (NASDAQ:LQR) which lost 22.14% to settle at 0.03 and Tarena Intl Adr (NASDAQ:TEDU) which was down 21.43% to 1.32 at the close.
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Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2087 to 716 and 100 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2453 rose and 957 declined, while 117 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 2.66% to 12.46 a new 3-year low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.54% or 10.80 to $2,003.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.50% or 1.93 to hit $75.17 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.46% or 1.19 to trade at $80.23 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.36% to 1.09, while USD/JPY fell 0.05% to 149.48.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 103.29.
