Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.58% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.29%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW), which rose 4.48% or 2.83 points to trade at 66.01 at the close. Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) added 3.28% or 8.38 points to end at 263.59 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) was up 3.17% or 7.17 points to 233.63 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), which lost 1.11% or 0.61 points to trade at 54.10 in late trade. Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) declined 0.83% or 1.11 points to end at 132.28 and Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:V) shed 0.75% or 1.68 points to 223.02.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN) which rose 13.80% to 100.95, General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) which was up 5.13% to settle at 60.05 and Expedia Inc (NASDAQ:EXPE) which gained 5.04% to close at 185.27.
The worst performers were NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG) which was down 16.71% to 36.18 in late trade, AbbVie Inc (NYSE:ABBV) which lost 5.23% to settle at 105.04 and ViacomCBS Inc (NASDAQ:VIAC) which was down 4.05% to 92.34 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Integrated Media Technology Ltd (NASDAQ:IMTE) which rose 79.87% to 8.40, Oriental Culture Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:OCG) which was up 76.96% to settle at 10.60 and Liquid Media Group Ltd (NASDAQ:YVR) which gained 62.55% to close at 3.950.
The worst performers were Rubius Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:RUBY) which was down 24.42% to 24.19 in late trade, Anchiano Therapeutics Ltd (NASDAQ:CMMB) which lost 21.71% to settle at 59.000 and CHF Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:CHFS) which was down 16.03% to 6.180 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 2.83% to 19.23 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.30% or 22.40 to $1749.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $64.62 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.19% or 0.13 to trade at $67.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.1986, while USD/JPY rose 0.09% to 108.93.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 91.343.