Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.97% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.35%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which rose 4.10% or 5.88 points to trade at 149.29 at the close. Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) added 3.06% or 2.30 points to end at 77.40 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) was up 2.83% or 8.30 points to 301.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), which lost 3.27% or 4.79 points to trade at 141.88 in late trade. Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH) declined 1.12% or 6.71 points to end at 590.78 and Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) shed 0.68% or 0.68 points to 99.18.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:SMCI) which rose 11.62% to 33.15, Copart Inc (NASDAQ:CPRT) which was up 10.19% to settle at 62.70 and Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA) which gained 7.48% to close at 41.11.
The worst performers were Intuit Inc (NASDAQ:INTU) which was down 5.68% to 640.12 in late trade, Palo Alto Networks Inc (NASDAQ:PANW) which lost 3.58% to settle at 383.46 and NetApp Inc (NASDAQ:NTAP) which was down 3.43% to 122.34 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Palladyne AI Corp (NASDAQ:PDYN) which rose 130.00% to 4.60, Quantum Corporation (NASDAQ:QMCO) which was up 127.11% to settle at 9.13 and Nano Labs Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:NA) which gained 89.02% to close at 8.26.
The worst performers were Autonomix Medical Inc (NASDAQ:AMIX) which was down 53.55% to 6.28 in late trade, Cemtrex Inc (NASDAQ:CETX) which lost 41.59% to settle at 0.11 and Ensysce Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:ENSC) which was down 27.41% to 0.43 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2088 to 719 and 84 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2301 rose and 988 declined, while 128 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 9.54% to 15.26.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.34% or 35.80 to $2,710.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.64% or 1.15 to hit $71.25 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.23% or 0.91 to trade at $75.14 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.54% to 1.04, while USD/JPY rose 0.21% to 154.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.51% at 107.48.