U.S. stocks mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.10%

Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors led shares higher while losses in the Oil&Gas, Technology and Utilities sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.10%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.12%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.18%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which rose 4.03% or 7.09 points to trade at 182.87 at the close. Meanwhile, Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) added 1.33% or 1.47 points to end at 112.24 and Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) was up 0.94% or 0.48 points to 51.55 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM), which fell 1.64% or 2.41 points to trade at 144.59 at the close. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) declined 1.41% or 0.42 points to end at 29.41 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) was down 0.84% or 3.23 points to 380.58.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:ENPH) which rose 7.01% to 336.00, SolarEdge Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:SEDG) which was up 4.40% to settle at 308.77 and Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc (NYSE:HII) which gained 4.22% to close at 240.66.

The worst performers were PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL) which was down 4.93% to 74.66 in late trade, Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO) which lost 3.73% to settle at 127.11 and Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET) which was down 3.39% to 135.04 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Shuttle Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:SHPH) which rose 65.07% to 2.41, Yunhong CTI Ltd (NASDAQ:CTIB) which was up 46.69% to settle at 0.56 and Anavex Life Sciences Corp (NASDAQ:AVXL) which gained 35.85% to close at 12.05.

The worst performers were Theratechnologies Inc (NASDAQ:THTX) which was down 36.02% to 1.35 in late trade, Biovie Inc (NASDAQ:BIVI) which lost 31.80% to settle at 5.49 and Redhill Biopharma Ltd (NASDAQ:RDHL) which was down 27.21% to 0.27 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1659 to 1414 and 120 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2137 rose and 1574 declined, while 222 ended unchanged.

Shares in Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:ENPH) rose to all time highs; rising 7.01% or 22.00 to 336.00. Shares in Theratechnologies Inc (NASDAQ:THTX) fell to 5-year lows; down 36.02% or 0.76 to 1.35. Shares in Redhill Biopharma Ltd (NASDAQ:RDHL) fell to all time lows; losing 27.21% or 0.10 to 0.27.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 3.93% to 19.06 a new 6-months low.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.19% or 3.50 to $1,811.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.33% or 1.08 to hit $80.14 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.24% or 1.08 to trade at $85.80 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.05, while USD/JPY fell 0.73% to 134.28.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 104.46.