Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the lost 0.93%, while the index fell 0.71%, and the index lost 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the were Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:), which rose 1.22% or 1.52 points to trade at 125.77 at the close. Meanwhile, Nike Inc (NYSE:) added 0.46% or 0.34 points to end at 72.72 and Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:) was up 0.35% or 0.59 points to 168.02 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Travelers Companies (NYSE:), which fell 7.76% or 17.12 points to trade at 203.48 at the close. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:) declined 5.42% or 1.89 points to end at 32.98 and American Express Company (NYSE:) was down 2.74% or 6.82 points to 242.38.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Intuitive Surgical Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 9.34% to 455.01, Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:) which was up 6.85% to settle at 79.28 and Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ:) which gained 3.92% to close at 14.86.
The worst performers were Comerica Inc (NYSE:) which was down 10.49% to 50.42 in late trade, W. R. Berkley Corp (NYSE:) which lost 8.31% to settle at 51.54 and Travelers Companies (NYSE:) which was down 7.76% to 203.48 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Serve Robotics Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 187.07% to 7.55, Augmedix Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 146.62% to settle at 2.26 and Exicure Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 76.02% to close at 0.54.
The worst performers were SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:) which was down 55.01% to 0.68 in late trade, Hyzon Motors Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 47.50% to settle at 0.15 and Trxade Group Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 29.54% to 14.74 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1820 to 990 and 104 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2131 fell and 1176 advanced, while 147 ended unchanged.
Shares in Intuitive Surgical Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to 5-year highs; rising 9.34% or 38.87 to 455.01. Shares in Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.92% or 0.56 to 14.86. Shares in SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 55.01% or 0.83 to 0.68. Shares in Hyzon Motors Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 47.50% or 0.13 to 0.15.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 3.70% to 16.52 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 2.26% or 55.45 to $2,400.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.14% or 2.55 to hit $78.75 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.76% or 2.35 to trade at $82.76 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.13% to 1.09, while USD/JPY rose 0.07% to 157.48.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 104.08.
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