Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services , Consumer Goods and Technology sectors led shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas , Utilities and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.28%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.25%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.78%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN ), which rose 2.94% or 6.48 points to trade at 227.03 at the close. Meanwhile, International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM ) added 1.40% or 3.29 points to end at 238.04 and American Express Company (NYSE: AXP ) was up 1.15% or 3.45 points to 303.98 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Unitedhealth Group (NYSE: UNH ), which fell 5.07% or 29.35 points to trade at 549.62 at the close. Chevron Corp (NYSE: CVX ) declined 2.57% or 4.09 points to end at 155.24 and NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA ) was down 1.80% or 2.62 points to 142.45.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Lululemon Athletica Inc (NASDAQ: LULU ) which rose 15.89% to 399.60, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE: HPE ) which was up 10.67% to settle at 23.96 and Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ: ULTA ) which gained 8.99% to close at 428.17.

The worst performers were Unitedhealth Group (NYSE: UNH ) which was down 5.07% to 549.62 in late trade, Cooper Companies Inc (NASDAQ: COO ) which lost 4.39% to settle at 98.70 and Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL ) which was down 4.15% to 28.78 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Universe Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: UPC ) which rose 222.86% to 3.39, MSP Recovery Inc (NASDAQ: LIFW ) which was up 103.77% to settle at 3.24 and GaxosAI Inc (NASDAQ: GXAI ) which gained 81.70% to close at 2.58.

The worst performers were Oriental Rise Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ: ORIS ) which was down 93.54% to 3.62 in late trade, Lichen China Ltd (NASDAQ: LICN ) which lost 76.93% to settle at 0.49 and Mynaric AG ADR (NASDAQ: MYNA ) which was down 64.54% to 0.50 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1511 to 1293 and 86 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2007 rose and 1296 declined, while 124 ended unchanged.

Shares in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE: HPE ) rose to 5-year highs; up 10.67% or 2.31 to 23.96. Shares in Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN ) rose to all time highs; rising 2.94% or 6.48 to 227.03. Shares in International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM ) rose to all time highs; up 1.40% or 3.29 to 238.04. Shares in Oriental Rise Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ: ORIS ) fell to all time lows; falling 93.54% or 52.39 to 3.62. Shares in Lichen China Ltd (NASDAQ: LICN ) fell to all time lows; down 76.93% or 1.63 to 0.49. Shares in Mynaric AG ADR (NASDAQ: MYNA ) fell to all time lows; down 64.54% or 0.91 to 0.50.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 5.69% to 12.77 a new 3-months low.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.20% or 5.41 to $2,653.81 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.64% or 1.12 to hit $67.18 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.43% or 1.03 to trade at $71.06 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 1.06, while USD/JPY fell 0.06% to 149.99.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 105.96.