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 1.01%, while the index declined 1.73%, and the index fell 2.53%.
The best performers of the session on the were Travelers Companies (NYSE:), which rose 1.13% or 2.61 points to trade at 234.46 at the close. Meanwhile, McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:) added 0.53% or 1.54 points to end at 289.51 and Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:) was up 0.27% or 0.75 points to 279.37 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:), which fell 3.65% or 6.50 points to trade at 171.39 at the close. American Express Company (NYSE:) declined 3.09% or 7.78 points to end at 244.06 and Boeing Co (NYSE:) was down 2.79% or 4.53 points to 157.62.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:) which rose 2.70% to 82.58, SBA Communications Corp (NASDAQ:) which was up 2.20% to settle at 238.51 and Crown Castle International Corp (NYSE:) which gained 1.98% to close at 116.12.
The worst performers were Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 10.36% to 137.00 in late trade, Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 8.45% to settle at 210.73 and Albemarle Corp (NYSE:) which was down 6.90% to 76.90 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Tenon Medical Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 549.44% to 3.92, Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 147.58% to settle at 10.25 and BloomZ Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 118.52% to close at 1.77.
The worst performers were Autozi Internet Technology (NASDAQ:) which was down 28.18% to 1.30 in late trade, Rent the Runway Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 27.72% to settle at 10.90 and Inspire Veterinary Partners Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 25.43% to 0.87 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2155 to 671 and 76 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2541 fell and 771 advanced, while 97 ended unchanged.
Shares in Travelers Companies (NYSE:) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.13% or 2.61 to 234.46. Shares in Boeing Co (NYSE:) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.79% or 4.53 to 157.62. Shares in Autozi Internet Technology (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; down 28.18% or 0.51 to 1.30.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 12.46% to 22.38.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.71% or 17.95 to $2,525.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.50% or 1.04 to hit $68.11 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.68% or 1.22 to trade at $71.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.21% to 1.11, while USD/JPY fell 0.77% to 142.34.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 101.15.
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