Investing.com – U.S. stocks fell after the close on Friday, as sector and sector losses dragged stocks lower.
At the end of trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the index fell by 0.77%, while the index lost 1.11%, and the index fell by 1.48%.
The best performers of the session were Boeing Company (NYSE:), which rose 0.19% or 0.34 points and reached 180.72 at close. Meanwhile, Chevron Corp (NYSE:) rose 0.01% or 0.02 points to close at 144.00. Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:) fell 0.10% or 0.04 points to end at 39.92.
As for the weakest performance at the end of today’s trading, NVIDIA (NASDAQ:) shares closed down 2.04%, or 2.86 points, and traded at 137.07 at the close. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:) shares declined by 1.73%, or 7.58 points, to a price of 430.53, while Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:) shares declined by 1.40%, or 3.19 points, to 223.86.
The best performers in the S&P 500 were: Lamb Weston Holdings Company APA Corporation (NYSE:) was up 2.63% to 67.00, and APA Corporation (NASDAQ:) was up 1.14% to 22.09. Hershey Company (NYSE:) rose by 0.97% to close at 171.83.
Among the weakest performing stocks today were Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:), which fell by 5.22% to close at 31.98, Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:), which lost 4.95%, closing at 431.66, and Palantir Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:), which lost 4.95% to 431.66. Decreased by 3.69%. To 79.11 at close.
The best performing stocks in the Nasdaq Composite Index were parasitism Inc (NASDAQ:) rose by 381.56% to close at 2.17, iLearningEngines Inc (NASDAQ:) rose by 266.05%, closing at 0.59, and Graphjet Technology (NASDAQ:) rose by 198.38%, closing at 1.01.
As for the weakest performer, the stock was Viracta Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:), which fell by 32.49% and closed at 0.16 at the end of the session. RealAlpha Tech Corp (NASDAQ:), which lost 29.05%, closing at 2.54, and Painreform Ltd (NASDAQ:), which lost 28.57%, closing at 3.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered gaining stocks on the New York Stock Exchange by 2,262 to 547, and 65 stocks closed unchanged. On the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2,383 stocks fell and 915 stocks rose, while 109 stocks closed unchanged.
Which measures the implied standard deviation of options on the S&P 500 index, rose 8.28% and closed at 15.95.
Gold futures for February delivery fell 0.80% or 21.36 and closed at $2,632.54 per ounce. As for trading in other commodities, the price of crude oil for February delivery rose by 0.95%, or 0.66, and reached a price of $70.28 per barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose by 0.85%, or 0.62, and closed at $73.47 per barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged by 0.02% to 1.04, while USD/JPY fell by 0.06% to 157.91.
The US Dollar Futures Index fell 0.07% to 107.82.
