Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.32%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.29%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT), which rose 1.01% or 0.95 points to trade at 94.76 at the close. Meanwhile, Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) added 1.01% or 1.12 points to end at 112.16 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) was up 0.92% or 0.36 points to 39.54 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), which fell 3.12% or 4.60 points to trade at 142.62 at the close. Honeywell International Inc (NASDAQ:HON) declined 1.84% or 4.15 points to end at 221.51 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) was down 1.39% or 4.53 points to 321.34.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Nextera Energy Inc (NYSE:NEE) which rose 5.20% to 72.83, Welltower Inc (NYSE:WELL) which was up 3.41% to settle at 136.75 and Lululemon Athletica Inc (NASDAQ:LULU) which gained 3.14% to close at 400.03.
The worst performers were Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) which was down 7.52% to 185.52 in late trade, CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE:CF) which lost 7.50% to settle at 88.10 and Microchip Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MCHP) which was down 5.34% to 56.39 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Nvni Group Ltd (NASDAQ:NVNI) which rose 195.30% to 4.40, Evaxion Biotech AS (NASDAQ:EVAX) which was up 65.66% to settle at 6.03 and PMGC Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:ELAB) which gained 56.57% to close at 3.10.
The worst performers were Golden Star Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:GODN) which was down 67.38% to 2.91 in late trade, Next Technology Holding Inc (NASDAQ:NXTT) which lost 53.95% to settle at 1.40 and Singularity Future Technology Ltd (NASDAQ:SGLY) which was down 38.26% to 1.63 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1484 to 1285 and 100 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1670 rose and 1632 declined, while 138 ended unchanged.
Shares in Golden Star Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:GODN) fell to all time lows; losing 67.38% or 6.01 to 2.91.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 1.13% to 14.85.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.45% or 12.41 to $2,777.41 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $74.56 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.17% or 0.13 to trade at $78.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.76% to 1.05, while USD/JPY fell 0.07% to 155.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 107.26.
