Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrials, Financials and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.13%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.13%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH), which rose 1.83% or 4.53 points to trade at 252.29 at the close. Meanwhile, Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM) added 1.39% or 1.06 points to end at 77.67 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) was up 0.78% or 0.45 points to 57.79 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), which fell 1.24% or 1.76 points to trade at 140.26 at the close. Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) declined 1.15% or 0.56 points to end at 48.37 and United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX) was down 0.98% or 1.27 points to 128.76.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Humana Inc (NYSE:HUM) which rose 4.47% to 270.39, Baker Hughes A Ge Company LLC (NYSE:BHGE) which was up 3.41% to settle at 25.19 and CarMax Inc (NYSE:KMX) which gained 3.13% to close at 85.60.
The worst performers were Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) which was down 4.51% to 46.60 in late trade, Altria Group (NYSE:MO) which lost 4.50% to settle at 48.00 and Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE:SEE) which was down 4.44% to 41.73 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Legacy Reserves Inc (NASDAQ:LGCY) which rose 59.77% to 0.0850, Aspen Group Inc (NASDAQ:ASPU) which was up 25.93% to settle at 5.1000 and China SXT Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:SXTC) which gained 24.36% to close at 4.3400.
The worst performers were Akerna Corp (NASDAQ:KERN) which was down 25.99% to 27.05 in late trade, VERB TECHNOLOGY COMPANY INC (NASDAQ:VERB) which lost 18.33% to settle at 1.960 and Stellar Biotechnologies Inc (NASDAQ:EDSA) which was down 18.11% to 6.060 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1830 to 1188 and 23 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1591 fell and 1056 advanced, while 108 ended unchanged.
Shares in CarMax Inc (NYSE:KMX) rose to all time highs; rising 3.13% or 2.60 to 85.60.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 4.41% to 15.40.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.45% or 6.30 to $1403.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.91% or 0.52 to hit $57.59 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.33% or 0.86 to trade at $65.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.68% to 1.1368, while USD/JPY rose 0.02% to 107.31.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 95.692.