Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 1.39%, while the S&P 500 index added 1.28%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 1.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which rose 3.92% or 6.94 points to trade at 183.83 at the close. McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) added 3.09% or 4.95 points to end at 165.03 and Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) was up 2.42% or 2.39 points to 101.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX), which lost 0.38% or 0.48 points to trade at 125.53 in late trade. Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) added 0.23% or 0.08 points to end at 34.84 and Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) gained 0.38% or 0.22 points to 57.75.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were CBS Corporation (NYSE:CBS) which rose 9.09% to 53.17, IDEXX Laboratories Inc (NASDAQ:IDXX) which was up 8.39% to settle at 212.20 and Stericycle Inc (NASDAQ:SRCL) which gained 8.06% to close at 63.84.
The worst performers were Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) which was down 22.43% to 45.76 in late trade, Mettler-Toledo International Inc (NYSE:MTD) which lost 3.80% to settle at 552.97 and CBOE Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:CBOE) which was down 2.81% to 102.49 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Auris Medical Holding AG (NASDAQ:EARS) which rose 29.29% to 1.810, Biostar Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:BSPM) which was up 29.86% to settle at 2.8700 and Commercial Vehicle Group Inc (NASDAQ:CVGI) which gained 28.87% to close at 8.750.
The worst performers were Check Cap Ltd (NASDAQ:CHEK) which was down 48.35% to 4.550 in late trade, LiNiu Technology Group (NASDAQ:LINU) which lost 46.53% to settle at 0.770 and VivoPower International PLC (NASDAQ:VVPR) which was down 39.86% to 2.64 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2297 to 783 and 101 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1860 rose and 697 declined, while 112 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 7.36% to 14.73 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.21% or 2.80 to $1315.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.93% or 1.32 to hit $69.75 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.75% or 1.29 to trade at $74.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.1957, while USD/JPY fell 0.09% to 109.09.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 92.44.