Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed at the close on Friday, , , and . On the other hand, losses were recorded in the , and , sectors, which led the indexes down.
At the end of trading in New York, it registered an increase of 0.33%, and it reached its highest record level in less than 3 months, while it strengthened its position by 0.06% and weakened by about 0.11%.
The best performers of the session were Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: ), which rose 1.11% or 1.68 points to trade at 152.50. On the other hand, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: ) was up 1.04% or 0.99 points to end at 96.06 while Walmart Stores (NYSE: ) was up 0.90% or 1.39 points to 156.06. End of session.
On weak performance at the close of today’s trade, shares of Apple (NASDAQ: ) declined 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 107.64 while Microsoft Group (NASDAQ:) declined 0.11% or 0.42 points to 377.43.
On the other hand, the best performer on the S&P 500 index was CF Industries Holdings (NYSE: ), which rose 2.55% to trade at 78.36.Best Buy Co. (NYSE: ) continued its rise. 2.18% and the stock ended at 69.51 levels Westrock Co., Ltd (NYSE: ) rose about 2.14% to trade at 37.70.
Among the weaker performing stocks today, we mention shares of First Solar Company (NASDAQ: ), which fell 3.34% to end the session at 154.38, and shares of Invidia Group (NASDAQ: ), which lost 1.93%. A price of 477.76, and stock Punk (NYSE: ), which lost 1.42% to close today’s session at 107.99 on the stock market.
On the other hand, the best performance in the Nasdaq index was recorded by stocks BioNexus Genetic Laboratory Corp (NASDAQ: ), soared 143.90% at the price of 0.90, FLJ Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: ) continued up 45.24% to close at 0.16 levels, while Captivision Inc (NASDAQ: ) closed at 44.44% and 0.16 to trade at 2.34.
Among the weaker performing stocks today, we mention the shares of Celos Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: ), which plunged 22.95% to close the session at 0.13. LQR house Inc (NASDAQ: ), which lost 22.14% to 0.03 shares Darena Intl Atr (NASDAQ: ), which lost 21.43% to close at 1.32 in the stock market today.
The number of shares that gained more than the number of shares that closed short in trading on the New York Stock Exchange was unchanged at 100, compared with 716 in 2087. In terms of NASDAQ stock market, 2453 stocks strengthened their position, 957 stocks declined, while 117 stocks maintained their value.
LQR House Inc (NASDAQ: ) declined 22.14% or 0.01 points to close at 0.03, hitting an all-time low. Tarena Intl Adr (NASDAQ: ) fell to a 52-week low, losing 21.43% or 0.36 points to trade at 1.32.
It measures the implied standard deviation of options on the S&P 500 index, which fell 2.66% to close at 12.46, hitting its highest record level in 3 years.
Gold futures for December delivery rose 0.54%, or 10.80, to settle at $2,003.60 an ounce. In other commodities trading, WTI crude oil futures for January delivery fell 2.50% or 1.93 to settle at $75.17 a barrel, while the January contract for Brent oil futures was down 1.46% or 1.19 points. , and closed at $80.23 per barrel.
The EUR/USD pair maintained stability at 0.36% and traded at 1.09 levels, while the USD/JPY pair continued to decline by 0.06% to reach 149.47 levels.
Dollar index contracts traded down 0.52% at 103.29.
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