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

At the close of the NYSE, fell 0.77%, while the index lost 1.11%, and the index decreased 1.48%.

The best performers in the session were Boeing Co (NYSE: ), which rose 0.19% or 0.34 points to trade at 180.72 at the close. Meanwhile, Chevron Corp (NYSE: ) added 0.01% or 0.02 points to end at 144.00 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE: ) was down 0.10% or 0.04 points to 39.92 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: ), which fell 2.04% or 2.86 points to trade at 137.07 at the close. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: ) declined 1.73% or 7.58 points to end at 430.53 and Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: ) declined 1.40% or 3.19 points to 223.86.

The top performers in the S&P 500 are Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (NYSE: ) rose 2.63% to 67.00, APA Corporation (NASDAQ: ) rose 1.14% to settle at 22.09 and Hershey Co (NYSE: ) gained 0.97% to close at 171.83.

The worst performers were Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ: ) which fell 5.22% to 31.98 in late trade, Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: ) which lost 4.95% to settle at 431.66 and Palantir Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: ) fell 3.69% to 79.11 at the close.

The top performers in the NASDAQ Composite are entry Inc (NASDAQ: ) which rose 381.56% to 2.17, iLearningEngines Inc (NASDAQ: ) which rose 266.05% to settle at 0.59 and Graphjet Technology (NASDAQ: ) which gained 198.38% to close at 1.01.

The worst performers were Viracta Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: ) which fell 32.49% to 0.16 in late trade, reAlpha Tech Corp (NASDAQ: ) which lost 29.05% to settle at 2.54 and Painreform Ltd (NASDAQ: ) which fell 28.57% to 3.50 to close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange at 2262 to 547 and 65 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2383 fell and 915 advanced, while 109 ended unchanged.

which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, rose 8.28% to 15.95.

Gold Futures for February delivery fell 0.80% or 21.36 to $2,632.54 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.95% or 0.66 to hit $70.28 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.85% or 0.62 to trade at $73.47 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.04, while USD/JPY fell 0.06% to 157.91.

US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.07% to 107.82.