Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.53% to hit a new 3-month high, while the S&P 500 index added 0.41%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were 3M Company (NYSE:MMM), which rose 1.47% or 1.38 points to trade at 95.37 at the close. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) added 1.28% or 4.78 points to end at 377.85 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) was up 1.27% or 3.87 points to 309.21 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), which lost 1.38% or 0.29 points to trade at 20.69 in late trade. Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) declined 1.38% or 3.43 points to end at 245.98 and Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) shed 0.76% or 1.18 points to 154.68.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) which rose 3.09% to 41.64, Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) which was up 2.81% to settle at 122.51 and HP Inc (NYSE:HPQ) which gained 2.80% to close at 28.65.
The worst performers were Autodesk Inc (NASDAQ:ADSK) which was down 6.90% to 202.66 in late trade, Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) which lost 3.11% to settle at 370.74 and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) which was down 2.90% to 234.21 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Impel Neuropharma Inc (NASDAQ:IMPL) which rose 143.44% to 0.78, AgileThought Inc (NASDAQ:AGIL) which was up 137.35% to settle at 0.20 and Presidio Property Trust (NASDAQ:SQFT) which gained 53.43% to close at 0.94.
The worst performers were Alpha Technology Group Ltd (NASDAQ:ATGL) which was down 32.65% to 13.80 in late trade, Entrada Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:TRDA) which lost 31.85% to settle at 11.36 and Hongli Group Inc (NASDAQ:HLP) which was down 30.19% to 3.70 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 0 fell and 0 advanced on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.39% to 12.80 a new 3-year low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.03% or 0.50 to $1,993.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.92% or 0.71 to hit $76.39 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.85% or 0.70 to trade at $81.26 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.09, while USD/JPY rose 0.01% to 149.54.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 103.65.