U.S. Stocks Decline After Friday's Close

U.S. stocks ended lower on Friday, with the Consumer Goods, Technology, and Consumer Services sectors leading the downward trend.

At the close on the NYSE:
– Dow Jones Industrial Average: fell 0.77%
– S&P 500 Index: down 1.11%
– NASDAQ Composite Index: declined 1.48%

Best Performers on the Dow

• Boeing Co (NYSE:BA): +0.19% to 180.72
• Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX): +0.01% to 144.00
• Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ): -0.10% to 39.92

Worst Performers on the Dow

• NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA): -2.04% to 137.07
• Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT): -1.73% to 430.53
• Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN): -1.40% to 223.86

Best Performers on the S&P 500

• Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (NYSE:LW): +2.63% to 67.00
• APA Corporation (NASDAQ:APA): +1.14% to 22.09
• Hershey Co (NYSE:HSY): +0.97% to 171.83

Worst Performers on the S&P 500

• Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:SMCI): -5.22% to 31.98
• Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA): -4.95% to 431.66
• Palantir Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:PLTR): -3.69% to 79.11

Best Performers on the NASDAQ

• Intrusion Inc (NASDAQ:INTZ): +381.56% to 2.17
• iLearningEngines Inc (NASDAQ:AILE): +266.05% to 0.59
• Graphjet Technology (NASDAQ:GTI): +198.38% to 1.01

Worst Performers on the NASDAQ

• Viracta Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VIRX): -32.49% to 0.16
• reAlpha Tech Corp (NASDAQ:AIRE): -29.05% to 2.54
• Painreform Ltd (NASDAQ:PRFX): -28.57% to 3.50

Market Overview

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange with 2262 to 547, and 65 unchanged. On the NASDAQ, 2383 fell, 915 advanced, and 109 ended unchanged.

The CBOE Volatility Index (measuring implied volatility of S&P 500 options) rose by 8.28% to 15.95.

Commodity Prices

• Gold Futures for February delivery: -0.80% to $2,632.54/troy oz
• Crude Oil for February: +0.95% to $70.28/barrel
• Brent Oil March contract: +0.85% to $73.47/barrel

Currency Exchange

• EUR/USD: unchanged at 1.04
• USD/JPY: -0.06% to 157.91
• US Dollar Index Futures: -0.07% at 107.82