Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the rose 0.82%, while the index gained 0.67%, and the index gained 0.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:), which rose 2.36% or 3.12 points to trade at 135.49 at the close. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:) added 2.08% or 5.03 points to end at 247.26 and Boeing Co (NYSE:) was up 1.86% or 6.98 points to 381.42 in late trade.
Biggest losers included 3M Company (NYSE:), which lost 0.36% or 0.75 points to trade at 207.78 in late trade. Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:) added 0.08% or 0.05 points to end at 59.13 and Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:) gained 0.07% or 0.06 points to 80.80.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were CarMax Inc (NYSE:) which rose 9.61% to 69.80, Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:) which was up 7.88% to settle at 94.34 and Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 5.06% to close at 41.33.
The worst performers were PVH Corp (NYSE:) which was down 4.17% to 121.95 in late trade, Helmerich & Payne Inc (NYSE:) which lost 2.30% to settle at 55.56 and Capri Holdings Ltd (NYSE:) which was down 1.93% to 45.75 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Estre USA Inc Class A (NASDAQ:) which rose 38.46% to 1.62, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (NASDAQ:) which was up 30.11% to settle at 12.36 and Applied DNA Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 31.97% to close at 0.713.
The worst performers were ENDRA Life Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 41.55% to 1.660 in late trade, Dropcar Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 33.18% to settle at 2.960 and Eltek Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was down 25.85% to 1.629 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1796 to 1173 and 127 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1477 rose and 1168 declined, while 84 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.99% to 13.71.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.14% or 1.85 to $1297.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.50% or 0.89 to hit $60.19 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.80% or 0.54 to trade at $67.64 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1218, while USD/JPY rose 0.19% to 110.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 96.820.
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