U.S. stocks mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.08%

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 added 0.08% to hit a new all time high, while the index gained 0.00%, and the index fell 0.17%.

The best performers of the session on the were Nike Inc (NYSE:), which rose 0.85% or 0.86 points to trade at 101.57 at the close. Meanwhile, Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:) added 0.69% or 0.87 points to end at 126.09 and Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:) was up 0.60% or 0.33 points to 55.35 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Dow Inc (NYSE:), which fell 0.71% or 0.39 points to trade at 54.83 at the close. Home Depot Inc (NYSE:) declined 0.38% or 0.85 points to end at 219.97 and Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:) was down 0.34% or 0.24 points to 69.89.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were CenturyLink Inc (NYSE:) which rose 2.36% to 13.42, General Mills Inc (NYSE:) which was up 1.45% to settle at 53.19 and Kimco Realty Corporation (NYSE:) which gained 1.42% to close at 20.76.

The worst performers were American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:) which was down 4.15% to 28.44 in late trade, Foot Locker Inc (NYSE:) which lost 3.42% to settle at 39.49 and Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE:) which was down 2.39% to 25.73 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Iterum Therapeutics PLC (NASDAQ:) which rose 95.47% to 4.75, Pintec Technology Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was up 66.41% to settle at 2.13 and Aqua Metals Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 59.62% to close at 0.83.

The worst performers were Melinta Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 58.39% to 0.620 in late trade, Microbot Medical Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 20.71% to settle at 11.1000 and IGM Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 17.37% to 40.91 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1570 to 1215 and 116 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1678 fell and 959 advanced, while 89 ended unchanged.

Shares in Nike Inc (NYSE:) rose to all time highs; rising 0.85% or 0.86 to 101.57. Shares in Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:) rose to all time highs; gaining 0.69% or 0.87 to 126.09. Shares in Melinta Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 58.39% or 0.870 to 0.620.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 6.17% to 13.43.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.08% or 1.25 to $1515.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $61.70 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.23 to trade at $68.15 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.72% to 1.1176, while USD/JPY fell 0.18% to 109.44.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 96.632.

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