Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher while losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the lost 0.20%, while the index declined 0.00%, and the index gained 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the were Boeing Co (NYSE:), which rose 1.13% or 1.90 points to trade at 169.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Travelers Companies (NYSE:) added 0.99% or 2.42 points to end at 246.30 and Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:) was up 0.92% or 4.72 points to 520.48 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:), which fell 2.25% or 3.09 points to trade at 134.25 at the close. Walt Disney Company (NYSE:) declined 1.36% or 1.56 points to end at 113.34 and Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:) was down 1.26% or 3.44 points to 270.62.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 24.43% to 224.80, Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (NYSE:) which was up 6.79% to settle at 79.27 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 6.78% to close at 10.39.
The worst performers were Airbnb Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 4.71% to 130.99 in late trade, Nucor Corp (NYSE:) which lost 4.69% to settle at 125.25 and CoStar Group Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 4.06% to 75.07 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Momentus Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 1,487.13% to 5.92, Wisekey International Holding AG (NASDAQ:) which was up 139.02% to settle at 7.84 and Innate Pharma SA (NASDAQ:) which gained 96.10% to close at 3.02.
The worst performers were Repare Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 55.42% to 1.77 in late trade, Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 38.30% to settle at 2.32 and Flora Growth Corp (NASDAQ:) which was down 34.34% to 1.30 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1911 to 898 and 76 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2150 fell and 1148 advanced, while 126 ended unchanged.
Shares in Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to all time highs; rising 24.43% or 44.14 to 224.80. Shares in Nucor Corp (NYSE:) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.69% or 6.16 to 125.25. Shares in Momentus Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1,487.13% or 5.55 to 5.92. Shares in Repare Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 55.42% or 2.20 to 1.77. Shares in Wisekey International Holding AG (NASDAQ:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 139.02% or 4.56 to 7.84. Shares in Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; down 38.30% or 1.44 to 2.32. Shares in Innate Pharma SA (NASDAQ:) rose to 52-week highs; up 96.10% or 1.48 to 3.02.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.79% to 13.81.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 1.55% or 42.06 to $2,667.34 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.51% or 1.06 to hit $71.08 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.23% or 0.90 to trade at $74.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.32% to 1.05, while USD/JPY rose 0.65% to 153.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 106.63.
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