Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Technology and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.05%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.74%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 1.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), which rose 4.30% or 4.58 points to trade at 111.01 at the close. Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) added 3.63% or 2.90 points to end at 82.74 and International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) was up 1.34% or 3.08 points to 232.41 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ), which lost 2.17% or 0.93 points to trade at 41.88 in late trade. Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) declined 1.47% or 0.86 points to end at 57.62 and Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH) shed 1.32% or 5.61 points to 418.64.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Charter Communications Inc (NASDAQ:CHTR) which rose 11.43% to 373.65, Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) which was up 9.80% to settle at 284.95 and VeriSign Inc (NASDAQ:VRSN) which gained 8.00% to close at 272.79.
The worst performers were Erie Indemnity Company (NASDAQ:ERIE) which was down 11.47% to 361.85 in late trade, T-Mobile US Inc (NASDAQ:TMUS) which lost 11.23% to settle at 232.74 and Aon PLC (NYSE:AON) which was down 8.00% to 335.85 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were WW International Inc (NASDAQ:WW) which rose 168.02% to 0.40, Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc (NASDAQ:OMEX) which was up 75.79% to settle at 1.50 and Baijiayun Group Ltd (NASDAQ:RTC) which gained 75.42% to close at 0.32.
The worst performers were Creative Global Technology Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:CGTL) which was down 75.25% to 1.51 in late trade, Coeptis Therapeutics Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:COEP) which lost 38.25% to settle at 7.70 and Intensity Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:INTS) which was down 37.14% to 0.57 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1432 to 1325 and 80 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1647 fell and 1644 advanced, while 141 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 6.04% to 24.87.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.83% or 27.66 to $3,320.94 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.75% or 0.47 to hit $63.26 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.74% or 0.49 to trade at $67.04 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.27% to 1.14, while USD/JPY rose 0.74% to 143.72.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 99.40.