U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.70%

Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology , Healthcare and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.70%, while the S&P 500 index lost 1.32%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 2.25%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS ), which rose 5.46% or 5.96 points to trade at 115.08 at the close. Meanwhile, Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ ) added 1.91% or 0.78 points to end at 41.65 and Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV ) was up 1.68% or 4.30 points to 260.82 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN ), which fell 4.22% or 8.93 points to trade at 202.55 at the close. Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN ) declined 4.16% or 12.32 points to end at 283.61 and NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA ) was down 3.26% or 4.78 points to 141.98.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Palantir Technologies Inc (NYSE:PLTR ) which rose 11.14% to 65.77, Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS ) which was up 5.46% to settle at 115.08 and DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc (NYSE:DVA ) which gained 3.87% to close at 160.33.

The worst performers were Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT ) which was down 9.20% to 168.88 in late trade, Omnicom Group Inc (NYSE:OMC ) which lost 7.79% to settle at 96.86 and Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA ) which was down 7.34% to 36.85 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were CERo Therapeutics Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:CERO ) which rose 52.40% to 0.29, Cyclerion Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:CYCN ) which was up 45.76% to settle at 2.58 and Simpple Ltd (NASDAQ:SPPL ) which gained 43.47% to close at 1.27.

The worst performers were Tff Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:TFFP ) which was down 76.64% to 0.38 in late trade, Eyenovia Inc (NASDAQ:EYEN ) which lost 70.04% to settle at 0.10 and iPower Inc (NASDAQ:IPW ) which was down 40.00% to 0.72 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1853 to 963 and 75 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2443 fell and 875 advanced, while 102 ended unchanged.

Shares in Palantir Technologies Inc (NYSE:PLTR ) rose to all time highs; up 11.14% or 6.59 to 65.77. Shares in Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA ) fell to 3-years lows; losing 7.34% or 2.92 to 36.85. Shares in Tff Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:TFFP ) fell to all time lows; down 76.64% or 1.23 to 0.38. Shares in Eyenovia Inc (NASDAQ:EYEN ) fell to all time lows; falling 70.04% or 0.24 to 0.10.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 12.79% to 16.14.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.26% or 6.75 to $2,566.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.47% or 1.70 to hit $67.00 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.04% or 1.48 to trade at $71.08 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.05, while USD/JPY fell 1.24% to 154.31.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 106.67.

Source: Investing.com