Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.51%, while the S&P 500 index fell 1.07%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 1.69%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD), which rose 2.26% or 7.01 points to trade at 316.72 at the close. Meanwhile, Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) added 2.04% or 1.41 points to end at 70.52 and Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) was up 1.83% or 3.67 points to 204.38 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which fell 4.43% or 27.72 points to trade at 597.89 at the close. NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) declined 3.28% or 5.94 points to end at 174.99 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) was down 2.50% or 22.77 points to 888.26.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Lululemon Athletica Inc (NASDAQ:LULU) which rose 9.63% to 205.03, The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) which was up 4.05% to settle at 26.21 and GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE) which gained 3.99% to close at 299.93.
The worst performers were Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO) which was down 11.44% to 359.90 in late trade, Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) which lost 7.97% to settle at 88.32 and Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET) which was down 7.17% to 124.76 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were TryHard Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:THH) which rose 57.72% to 15.52, NeoConcept International Group Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:NCI) which was up 54.44% to settle at 1.92 and Canopy Growth Corp (NASDAQ:CGC) which gained 53.98% to close at 1.74.
The worst performers were Mingzhu Logistics Holdings Ltd (OTC:YGMZF) which was down 86.11% to 0.00 in late trade, CCH Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:CCHH) which lost 82.47% to settle at 2.65 and Argo Blockchain PLC ADR (NASDAQ:ARBK) which was down 77.60% to 6.87 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1813 to 941 and 77 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2230 fell and 1122 advanced, while 181 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mingzhu Logistics Holdings Ltd (OTC:YGMZF) fell to all time lows; falling 86.11% or 0.02 to 0.00. Shares in CCH Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:CCHH) fell to all time lows; down 82.47% or 12.47 to 2.65. Shares in Argo Blockchain PLC ADR (NASDAQ:ARBK) fell to all time lows; losing 77.60% or 23.81 to 6.87.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 6.06% to 15.75.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.48% or 20.70 to $4,333.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.23% or 0.13 to hit $57.47 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.18% or 0.11 to trade at $61.17 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 1.17, while USD/JPY rose 0.14% to 155.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 98.00.
