U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.78%

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 fell 0.78%, while the index declined 1.05%, and the index lost 1.79%.

The best performers of the session on the were United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:), which rose 1.08% or 1.62 points to trade at 151.52 at the close. Meanwhile, Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:) added 1.05% or 1.56 points to end at 149.93 and The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:) was up 0.88% or 1.18 points to 135.16 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:), which fell 3.16% or 5.83 points to trade at 178.59 at the close. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:) declined 2.26% or 7.25 points to end at 313.05 and Nike Inc (NYSE:) was down 2.22% or 2.28 points to 100.25.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Deere & Company (NYSE:) which rose 7.00% to 177.43, Gilead Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 4.03% to settle at 69.70 and Mosaic Co (NYSE:) which gained 3.90% to close at 19.19.

The worst performers were Hasbro Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 9.01% to 89.97 in late trade, Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 6.97% to settle at 53.28 and Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE:) which was down 5.33% to 20.97 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Tocagen Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 111.11% to 1.9000, Trans World Entertainment Corp (NASDAQ:) which was up 50.86% to settle at 5.280 and Celldex Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 35.24% to close at 3.070.

The worst performers were Eyepoint Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 25.64% to 1.450 in late trade, Lianluo Smart Ltd (NASDAQ:) which lost 22.76% to settle at 0.6569 and Appian Corp (NASDAQ:) which was down 22.38% to 48.65 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1909 to 886 and 86 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1823 fell and 791 advanced, while 88 ended unchanged.

Shares in Gilead Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.03% or 2.70 to 69.70.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 9.77% to 17.08.

Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.57% or 25.45 to $1645.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.82% or 0.44 to hit $53.44 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.45% or 0.86 to trade at $58.45 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.60% to 1.0848, while USD/JPY fell 0.47% to 111.58.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 99.262.

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