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U.S. shares higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.02%

Published 2019-11-08, 05:25 p/m
© Reuters.  U.S. shares higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.02%
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Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Technology and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.02% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.26%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.48%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), which rose 3.76% or 5.00 points to trade at 137.96 at the close. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) added 1.19% or 1.57 points to end at 133.00 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was up 1.18% or 1.70 points to 145.96 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ), which lost 1.95% or 1.18 points to trade at 59.35 in late trade. Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM) declined 1.90% or 1.37 points to end at 70.77 and Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) shed 1.77% or 6.31 points to 351.00.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NKTR) which rose 7.17% to 20.04, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:REGN) which was up 4.72% to settle at 341.79 and Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM) which gained 4.50% to close at 94.03.

The worst performers were Gap Inc (NYSE:GPS) which was down 7.64% to 16.68 in late trade, Albemarle Corp (NYSE:ALB) which lost 4.78% to settle at 67.98 and News Corp B (NASDAQ:NWS) which was down 4.06% to 13.23 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Micronet Enertec Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:MICT) which rose 54.32% to 1.000, Clovis Oncology Inc (NASDAQ:CLVS) which was up 36.11% to settle at 5.88 and Truecar Inc (NASDAQ:TRUE) which gained 30.96% to close at 4.78.

The worst performers were AnaptysBio Inc (NASDAQ:ANAB) which was down 71.85% to 10.18 in late trade, Waitr Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:WTRH) which lost 38.18% to settle at 0.28 and Therapix Biosciences Ltd (NASDAQ:TRPX) which was down 28.16% to 1.76 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1455 to 1397 and 95 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1433 rose and 1202 declined, while 99 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 5.18% to 12.07 a new 6-month low.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.46% or 6.80 to $1459.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.51% or 0.29 to hit $57.44 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.51% or 0.32 to trade at $62.61 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.1019, while USD/JPY rose 0.01% to 109.28.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 98.218.

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