© Reuters. U.S. shares higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.37%
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 added 0.37%, while the index added 0.14%, and the index climbed 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Boeing Co (NYSE:), which rose 1.24% or 4.35 points to trade at 354.90 at the close. Dow Inc (NYSE:) added 1.01% or 0.49 points to end at 49.20 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:) was up 0.98% or 1.07 points to 109.71 in late trade.
Biggest losers included McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:), which lost 0.60% or 1.20 points to trade at 197.77 in late trade. Nike Inc (NYSE:) declined 0.58% or 0.48 points to end at 82.16 and Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:) shed 0.48% or 0.24 points to 49.61.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Total System Services Inc (NYSE:) which rose 13.88% to 113.45, Intuit Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 6.70% to settle at 257.48 and CenturyLink Inc (NYSE:) which gained 4.66% to close at 10.11.
The worst performers were Foot Locker Inc (NYSE:) which was down 15.96% to 44.40 in late trade, Autodesk Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 4.91% to settle at 161.22 and Baker Hughes A Ge Company LLC (NYSE:) which was down 3.69% to 22.21 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Revolution Lighting Technologies (NASDAQ:) which rose 53.26% to 0.2800, OUTLOOK THERAPEUTICS INC (NASDAQ:) which was up 42.35% to settle at 2.79 and ESSA Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 26.83% to close at 2.600.
The worst performers were Urban Tea Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 52.52% to 1.1300 in late trade, Legacy Reserves Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 35.58% to settle at 0.15 and Immuron Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:) which was down 27.24% to 3.66 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1985 to 972 and 122 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1690 rose and 941 declined, while 97 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 6.32% to 15.85.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.09% or 1.10 to $1284.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.88% or 1.09 to hit $59.00 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 2.15% or 1.46 to trade at $69.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.27% to 1.1211, while USD/JPY fell 0.26% to 109.31.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 97.465.
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