Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors led shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.00%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.26%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which rose 2.06% or 7.09 points to trade at 351.23 at the close. Meanwhile, Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) added 1.31% or 2.02 points to end at 155.71 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) was up 1.13% or 2.09 points to 187.42 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which fell 2.39% or 1.31 points to trade at 53.50 at the close. JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) declined 1.62% or 1.83 points to end at 111.13 and Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) was down 1.24% or 1.60 points to 127.86.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) which rose 5.75% to 155.25, Martin Marietta Materials Inc (NYSE:MLM) which was up 2.72% to settle at 219.31 and IDEXX Laboratories Inc (NASDAQ:IDXX) which gained 2.64% to close at 200.76.
The worst performers were Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:CPB) which was down 12.37% to 34.37 in late trade, Nordstrom Inc (NYSE:JWN) which lost 10.90% to settle at 45.36 and Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT) which was down 8.25% to 49.51 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Adomani Inc (NASDAQ:ADOM) which rose 80.65% to 1.12, China HGS Real Estate Inc (NASDAQ:HGSH) which was up 30.15% to settle at 1.770 and Quotient Ltd (NASDAQ:QTNT) which gained 29.00% to close at 6.05.
The worst performers were Agile Thrpe (NASDAQ:AGRX) which was down 72.40% to 0.69 in late trade, Livexlive Media Inc (NASDAQ:LIVX) which lost 28.92% to settle at 4.9400 and Carver Bancorp Inc (NASDAQ:CARV) which was down 24.36% to 8.320 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1565 to 1467 and 151 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1281 rose and 1234 declined, while 154 ended unchanged.
Shares in Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:CPB) fell to 5-year lows; losing 12.37% or 4.85 to 34.37. Shares in Agile Thrpe (NASDAQ:AGRX) fell to all time lows; losing 72.40% or 1.81 to 0.69.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.22% to 13.40.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.19% or 2.40 to $1291.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.15% or 0.11 to hit $71.38 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.83% or 0.66 to trade at $78.64 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.1766, while USD/JPY rose 0.01% to 110.78.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 93.59.