Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.25%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.39%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), which rose 2.96% or 3.14 points to trade at 109.05 at the close. Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) added 2.07% or 4.85 points to end at 239.33 and Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) was up 2.04% or 2.52 points to 125.94 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Raytheon Technologies Corp (NYSE:RTX), which lost 2.10% or 1.13 points to trade at 52.73 in late trade. Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) declined 2.06% or 2.52 points to end at 120.00 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) shed 1.90% or 1.59 points to 82.22.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (NYSE:RCL) which rose 6.54% to 37.45, Gap Inc (NYSE:GPS) which was up 6.00% to settle at 7.60 and Macy’s Inc (NYSE:M) which gained 5.99% to close at 5.31.
The worst performers were Lam Research Corp (NASDAQ:LRCX) which was down 6.38% to 251.84 in late trade, VF Corporation (NYSE:VFC) which lost 6.28% to settle at 51.96 and Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM) which was down 5.13% to 75.77 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Sorrento Therape (NASDAQ:SRNE) which rose 158.02% to 6.76, Torchlight Energ (NASDAQ:TRCH) which was up 48.28% to settle at 0.4300 and Sundial Growers Inc (NASDAQ:SNDL) which gained 42.08% to close at 0.55.
The worst performers were Cassava Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:SAVA) which was down 73.86% to 2.12 in late trade, Creative Realities Inc (NASDAQ:CREX) which lost 32.79% to settle at 2.890 and Applied DNA Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:APDN) which was down 26.96% to 11.11 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1662 to 1193 and 74 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1660 rose and 976 declined, while 64 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 2.21% to 31.89.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.70% or 12.25 to $1753.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 7.80% or 2.15 to hit $29.71 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 5.49% or 1.71 to trade at $32.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.15% to 1.0820, while USD/JPY fell 0.19% to 107.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 100.398.