Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.09% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.40%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which rose 1.47% or 0.33 points to trade at 22.77 at the close. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) added 1.23% or 2.85 points to end at 235.00 and Honeywell International Inc (NASDAQ:HON) was up 1.13% or 2.47 points to 222.02 in late trade.
Biggest losers included American Express Company (NYSE:AXP), which lost 3.15% or 8.99 points to trade at 276.79 in late trade. Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) declined 0.96% or 1.05 points to end at 108.70 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) shed 0.58% or 0.48 points to 82.92.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) which rose 11.10% to 763.98, Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (NYSE:LW) which was up 10.17% to settle at 78.22 and Intuitive Surgical Inc (NASDAQ:ISRG) which gained 10.00% to close at 521.10.
The worst performers were Bunge Limited (NYSE:BG) which was down 6.33% to 89.55 in late trade, CVS Health Corp (NYSE:CVS) which lost 5.23% to settle at 60.34 and Cigna Corp (NYSE:CI) which was down 4.85% to 336.00 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were TuHURA Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:HURA) which rose 2,824.79% to 6.30, S&W Seed Company (NASDAQ:SANW) which was up 1,603.70% to settle at 3.22 and Bright Minds Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:DRUG) which gained 117.56% to close at 47.21.
The worst performers were NKGen Biotech Inc (NASDAQ:NKGN) which was down 42.89% to 0.40 in late trade, Orgenesis Inc (NASDAQ:ORGS) which lost 33.86% to settle at 2.11 and bioAffinity Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:BIAF) which was down 33.80% to 1.41 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1549 to 1236 and 98 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1814 rose and 1465 declined, while 126 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 5.65% to 18.03.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.06% or 28.70 to $2,736.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.83% or 1.29 to hit $69.38 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.72% or 1.28 to trade at $73.17 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.35% to 1.09, while USD/JPY fell 0.47% to 149.49.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 103.29.