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 declined 0.70%, while the index lost 1.32%, and the index fell 2.25%.
The best performers of the session on the were Walt Disney Company (NYSE:), which rose 5.46% or 5.96 points to trade at 115.08 at the close. Meanwhile, Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:) added 1.91% or 0.78 points to end at 41.65 and Travelers Companies (NYSE:) was up 1.68% or 4.30 points to 260.82 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:), which fell 4.22% or 8.93 points to trade at 202.55 at the close. Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:) declined 4.16% or 12.32 points to end at 283.61 and NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:) was down 3.26% or 4.78 points to 141.98.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Palantir Technologies Inc (NYSE:) which rose 11.14% to 65.77, Walt Disney Company (NYSE:) which was up 5.46% to settle at 115.08 and DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc (NYSE:) which gained 3.87% to close at 160.33.
The worst performers were Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 9.20% to 168.88 in late trade, Omnicom Group Inc (NYSE:) which lost 7.79% to settle at 96.86 and Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 7.34% to 36.85 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were CERo Therapeutics Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 52.40% to 0.29, Cyclerion Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 45.76% to settle at 2.58 and Simpple Ltd (NASDAQ:) which gained 43.47% to close at 1.27.
The worst performers were Tff Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 76.64% to 0.38 in late trade, Eyenovia Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 70.04% to settle at 0.10 and iPower Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 40.00% to 0.72 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1853 to 963 and 75 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2443 fell and 875 advanced, while 102 ended unchanged.
Shares in Palantir Technologies Inc (NYSE:) rose to all time highs; up 11.14% or 6.59 to 65.77. Shares in Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to 3-years lows; losing 7.34% or 2.92 to 36.85. Shares in Tff Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; down 76.64% or 1.23 to 0.38. Shares in Eyenovia Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 70.04% or 0.24 to 0.10.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 12.79% to 16.14.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.26% or 6.75 to $2,566.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.47% or 1.70 to hit $67.00 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.04% or 1.48 to trade at $71.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.05, while USD/JPY fell 1.24% to 154.31.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 106.67.
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