Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Healthcare and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.11%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.37%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.66%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO), which rose 0.84% or 0.28 points to trade at 33.63 at the close. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) added 0.84% or 0.62 points to end at 74.49 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) was up 0.74% or 1.20 points to 163.56 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE), which lost 1.48% or 0.78 points to trade at 51.85 in late trade. Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT) declined 1.03% or 0.81 points to end at 78.14 and McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) shed 0.51% or 0.81 points to 156.68.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Tyson Foods Inc (NYSE:TSN) which rose 7.64% to 70.45, Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) which was up 3.61% to settle at 39.33 and Mallinckrodt (NYSE:MNK) which gained 3.40% to close at 37.37.
The worst performers were Scana Corporation (NYSE:SCG) which was down 4.90% to 48.49 in late trade, Arconic Inc (NYSE:ARNC) which lost 4.38% to settle at 24.88 and Frontier Communications Corp (NASDAQ:FTR) which was down 4.22% to 11.79 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Zogenix Inc (NASDAQ:ZGNX) which rose 172.23% to 35.050, root9B Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:RTNB) which was up 44.24% to settle at 2.0050 and Capricor Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:CAPR) which gained 35.87% to close at 3.0300.
The worst performers were Jaguar Health Inc (NASDAQ:JAGX) which was down 50.22% to 0.200 in late trade, Ritter Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:RTTR) which lost 29.31% to settle at 0.350 and ITUS Corp (NASDAQ:ITUS) which was down 24.86% to 2.630 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1807 to 1275 and 135 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1355 rose and 1140 declined, while 136 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.63% to 9.49 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.43% or 5.54 to $1283.16 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $51.59 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.82% or 0.47 to trade at $56.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.30% to 1.1822, while USD/JPY rose 0.22% to 112.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 92.89.