Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Industrials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.95%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.58%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which rose 2.90% or 7.06 points to trade at 250.63 at the close. Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) added 2.60% or 5.56 points to end at 219.35 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) was up 2.12% or 7.67 points to 368.72 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which lost 0.23% or 0.31 points to trade at 133.39 in late trade. Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) declined 0.10% or 0.06 points to end at 63.09 and Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) 0.00% or 0.00 points to 52.76.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) which rose 7.31% to 232.98, Coty Inc (NYSE:COTY) which was up 3.97% to settle at 9.430 and Arconic Corp (NYSE:ARNC) which gained 3.73% to close at 36.74.
The worst performers were Biogen Inc (NASDAQ:BIIB) which was down 6.11% to 349.19 in late trade, Equinix Inc (NASDAQ:EQIX) which lost 3.08% to settle at 778.85 and ABIOMED Inc (NASDAQ:ABMD) which was down 3.01% to 312.01 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Marin Software Inc (NASDAQ:MRIN) which rose 105.85% to 3.5200, Digital Brands Group Inc (NASDAQ:DBGI) which was up 30.56% to settle at 5.340 and Freightcar America Inc (NASDAQ:RAIL) which gained 24.39% to close at 7.190.
The worst performers were Portage Biotech Inc (NASDAQ:PRTG) which was down 25.50% to 25.93 in late trade, Adial Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ADIL) which lost 14.63% to settle at 2.510 and Aesthetic Medical Intl Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:AIH) which was down 12.89% to 7.910 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2213 to 953 and 130 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2388 rose and 1051 declined, while 149 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 2.21% to 15.96.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.48% or 8.55 to $1774.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.34% or 0.25 to hit $73.33 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.53% or 0.40 to trade at $75.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.1933, while USD/JPY fell 0.07% to 110.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.00% at 91.787.