U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.03%

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

At the close in NYSE, the lost 0.03%, while the index lost 0.16%, and the index fell 0.35%.

The best performers of the session on the were International Business Machines (NYSE:), which rose 1.60% or 1.94 points to trade at 122.84 at the close. Meanwhile, Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:) added 1.00% or 1.55 points to end at 155.94 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:) was up 0.95% or 2.73 points to 290.42 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nike Inc (NYSE:), which fell 1.64% or 2.01 points to trade at 120.21 at the close. JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:) declined 1.45% or 1.97 points to end at 134.08 and Salesforce Inc (NYSE:) was down 0.83% or 1.68 points to 201.79.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were News Corp B (NASDAQ:) which rose 8.68% to 18.29, News Corp A (NASDAQ:) which was up 8.48% to settle at 18.16 and NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:) which gained 5.69% to close at 32.80.

The worst performers were Signature Bank (OTC:) which was down 10.60% to 0.12 in late trade, First Republic Bank (OTC:) which lost 6.87% to settle at 0.39 and Gen Digital Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 5.48% to 16.22 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were GSI Technology Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 210.37% to 5.09, ARS Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 77.88% to settle at 8.04 and Meihua International Medical Technologies Co Ltd (NASDAQ:) which gained 42.37% to close at 4.20.

The worst performers were Assure Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:) which was down 39.90% to 1.16 in late trade, Heron Therapeuti (NASDAQ:) which lost 37.22% to settle at 1.40 and AgileThought Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 35.71% to 0.99 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1654 to 1267 and 107 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2068 fell and 1482 advanced, while 139 ended unchanged.

Shares in GSI Technology Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to 52-week highs; up 210.37% or 3.45 to 5.09. Shares in Assure Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 39.90% or 0.77 to 1.16. Shares in Heron Therapeuti (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 37.22% or 0.83 to 1.40. Shares in AgileThought Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 35.71% or 0.55 to 0.99.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.59% to 17.03.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.24% or 4.75 to $2,015.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.06% or 0.75 to hit $70.12 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.99% or 0.74 to trade at $74.24 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.59% to 1.09, while USD/JPY rose 0.87% to 135.71.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.64% at 102.53.