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 1.51%, while the index lost 1.84%, and the index fell 2.45%.
The best performers of the session on the were Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:), which rose 2.98% or 17.06 points to trade at 589.83 at the close. Meanwhile, McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:) added 2.95% or 7.94 points to end at 276.69 and Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:) was up 2.65% or 4.39 points to 170.08 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:), which fell 26.06% or 7.57 points to trade at 21.48 at the close. Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:) declined 8.84% or 16.28 points to end at 167.79 and American Express Company (NYSE:) was down 6.71% or 16.68 points to 232.00.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Clorox Co (NYSE:) which rose 7.42% to 144.09, MarketAxess Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 6.06% to settle at 234.63 and Cboe Global Markets Inc (NYSE:) which gained 4.33% to close at 193.79.
The worst performers were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:) which was down 26.06% to 21.48 in late trade, Microchip Technology Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 10.60% to settle at 75.43 and Prudential Financial Inc (NYSE:) which was down 9.98% to 110.26 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Netcapital Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 5,480.36% to 3.75, Siyata Mobile Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 1,598.11% to settle at 4.50 and Vsee Health Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 74.90% to close at 4.25.
The worst performers were Gamer Pakistan Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 46.49% to 0.09 in late trade, LogicMark Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 39.12% to settle at 0.28 and Expion360 Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 34.44% to 0.30 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2228 to 636 and 52 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2861 fell and 514 advanced, while 93 ended unchanged.
Shares in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:) fell to 5-year lows; losing 26.06% or 7.57 to 21.48. Shares in Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:) rose to all time highs; rising 2.98% or 17.06 to 589.83. Shares in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:) fell to 5-year lows; falling 26.06% or 7.57 to 21.48. Shares in Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.65% or 4.39 to 170.08. Shares in Netcapital Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to 52-week highs; up 5,480.36% or 3.68 to 3.75. Shares in Gamer Pakistan Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 46.49% or 0.08 to 0.09. Shares in LogicMark Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 39.12% or 0.18 to 0.28. Shares in Expion360 Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; down 34.44% or 0.16 to 0.30.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 25.82% to 23.39 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.08% or 2.00 to $2,482.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.87% or 2.19 to hit $74.12 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.68% or 2.13 to trade at $77.39 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.09% to 1.09, while USD/JPY fell 1.89% to 146.54.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.15% at 103.01.
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