Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Utilities and Telecoms sectors led shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.36%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.25%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM), which rose 3.35% or 4.79 points to trade at 147.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) added 2.00% or 0.80 points to end at 40.45 and Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) was up 0.99% or 0.88 points to 89.64 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which fell 0.63% or 2.20 points to trade at 347.53 at the close. United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX) declined 0.45% or 0.60 points to end at 133.52 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) was down 0.40% or 0.55 points to 137.46.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) which rose 8.10% to 64.21, Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) which was up 7.74% to settle at 55.70 and DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ:DISH) which gained 6.80% to close at 31.89.
The worst performers were Stericycle Inc (NASDAQ:SRCL) which was down 12.96% to 61.77 in late trade, Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) which lost 10.11% to settle at 18.77 and Noble Energy Inc (NYSE:NBL) which was down 7.68% to 32.98 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Oxbridge Re Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:OXBR) which rose 37.14% to 2.40, Pixelworks Inc (NASDAQ:PXLW) which was up 27.91% to settle at 4.170 and Hanwha Q Cells Co Ltd (NASDAQ:HQCL) which gained 25.00% to close at 8.250.
The worst performers were Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc (NASDAQ:HMNY) which was down 30.00% to 0.070 in late trade, Varex Imaging Corp (NASDAQ:VREX) which lost 26.36% to settle at 28.34 and Immersion Corporation (NASDAQ:IMMR) which was down 25.19% to 10.64 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1616 to 1353 and 44 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1578 fell and 909 advanced, while 115 ended unchanged.
Shares in Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) fell to 52-week lows; down 10.11% or 2.11 to 18.77. Shares in Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.00% or 0.80 to 40.45. Shares in Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc (NASDAQ:HMNY) fell to all time lows; falling 30.00% or 0.030 to 0.070.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.51% to 11.64 a new 6-months low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.39% or 4.80 to $1224.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.96% or 0.66 to hit $68.30 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.35% or 0.26 to trade at $73.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1588, while USD/JPY fell 0.37% to 111.24.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 94.90.