© Reuters. U.S. shares mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.77%
Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the declined 0.77%, while the index declined 0.14%, and the index climbed 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Boeing Co (NYSE:), which rose 0.64% or 1.21 points to trade at 188.91 at the close. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:) added 0.53% or 0.91 points to end at 172.28 and Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:) was up 0.40% or 0.72 points to 178.87 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nike Inc (NYSE:), which lost 7.00% or 7.06 points to trade at 93.76 in late trade. Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:) declined 2.34% or 6.79 points to end at 283.58 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:) shed 1.84% or 6.69 points to 357.87.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were FedEx Corporation (NYSE:) which rose 7.35% to 284.31, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:) which was up 3.12% to settle at 942.89 and The AES Corporation (NYSE:) which gained 2.95% to close at 16.23.
The worst performers were Lululemon Athletica Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 15.80% to 403.19 in late trade, Nike Inc (NYSE:) which lost 7.00% to settle at 93.76 and Paramount Global Class B (NASDAQ:) which was down 4.82% to 11.25 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Imac Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 92.25% to 2.48, Intellicheck Mobilisa Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 74.86% to settle at 3.06 and Canopy Growth Corp (NASDAQ:) which gained 68.64% to close at 7.69.
The worst performers were Swvl Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:) which was down 35.86% to 9.30 in late trade, SINTX Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 31.99% to settle at 0.09 and Brand Engagement Network Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 31.73% to 7.51 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1948 to 917 and 68 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2176 fell and 1206 advanced, while 97 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 1.08% to 13.06.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.80% or 17.45 to $2,167.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.23% or 0.19 to hit $80.88 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.17% or 0.15 to trade at $85.63 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.47% to 1.08, while USD/JPY fell 0.16% to 151.37.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 104.11.
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