U.S. shares lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.46%

Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the declined 0.46%, while the index lost 0.29%, and the index declined 0.27%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the were Pfizer Inc (NYSE:), which rose 1.54% or 0.60 points to trade at 39.49 at the close. Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:) added 0.34% or 0.19 points to end at 55.53 and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:) was up 0.31% or 0.91 points to 295.13 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Boeing Co (NYSE:), which lost 1.91% or 6.42 points to trade at 329.92 in late trade. The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:) declined 1.53% or 2.11 points to end at 135.51 and Dow Inc (NYSE:) shed 1.32% or 0.69 points to 51.50.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:) which rose 24.69% to 26.92, Lennar Corporation (NYSE:) which was up 3.52% to settle at 59.72 and Tyson Foods Inc (NYSE:) which gained 3.04% to close at 91.92.

The worst performers were Harley-Davidson Inc (NYSE:) which was down 3.92% to 34.84 in late trade, IPG Photonics Corporation (NASDAQ:) which lost 3.13% to settle at 135.27 and Arconic Inc (NYSE:) which was down 3.09% to 28.85 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were CounterPath Corp (NASDAQ:) which rose 296.00% to 3.920, Origin Agritech Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was up 44.63% to settle at 10.240 and China SXT Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 42.46% to close at 1.0700.

The worst performers were Portola Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 40.34% to 14.76 in late trade, Energy Focu (NASDAQ:) which lost 37.31% to settle at 0.58 and RumbleON Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 26.03% to 0.60 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1523 to 1281 and 99 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1547 fell and 1113 advanced, while 61 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.16% to 12.56.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.57% or 8.90 to $1563.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.74% or 0.44 to hit $59.12 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.46% or 0.30 to trade at $65.07 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.1121, while USD/JPY fell 0.03% to 109.47.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 97.075.