U.S. stocks mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.33%

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 rose 0.33% to hit a new 3-months high, while the index added 0.06%, and the index declined 0.11%.

The best performers of the session on the were Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:), which rose 1.11% or 1.68 points to trade at 152.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Walt Disney Company (NYSE:) added 1.04% or 0.99 points to end at 96.06 and Walmart Inc (NYSE:) was up 0.90% or 1.39 points to 156.06 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:), which fell 0.70% or 1.34 points to trade at 189.97 at the close. Nike Inc (NYSE:) declined 0.26% or 0.28 points to end at 107.64 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:) was down 0.11% or 0.42 points to 377.43.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE:) which rose 2.55% to 78.36, Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE:) which was up 2.18% to settle at 69.51 and WestRock Co (NYSE:) which gained 2.14% to close at 37.70.

The worst performers were First Solar Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 3.34% to 154.38 in late trade, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:) which lost 1.93% to settle at 477.76 and Bunge Limited (NYSE:) which was down 1.42% to 107.99 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were BioNexus Gene Lab Corp (NASDAQ:) which rose 143.90% to 0.90, FLJ Group Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was up 45.24% to settle at 0.16 and Captivision Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 44.44% to close at 2.34.

The worst performers were Seelos Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 22.95% to 0.13 in late trade, LQR House Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 22.14% to settle at 0.03 and Tarena Intl Adr (NASDAQ:) which was down 21.43% to 1.32 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2087 to 716 and 100 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2453 rose and 957 declined, while 117 ended unchanged.

Shares in LQR House Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; down 22.14% or 0.01 to 0.03. Shares in Tarena Intl Adr (NASDAQ:) fell to 52-week lows; down 21.43% or 0.36 to 1.32.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 2.66% to 12.46 a new 3-years low.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.54% or 10.80 to $2,003.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.50% or 1.93 to hit $75.17 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.46% or 1.19 to trade at $80.23 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.36% to 1.09, while USD/JPY fell 0.06% to 149.46.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 103.29.