U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.97%
Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.97% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.35%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which rose 4.10% or 5.88 points to trade at 149.29 at the close. Meanwhile, Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) added 3.06% or 2.30 points to end at 77.40 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) was up 2.83% or 8.30 points to 301.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), which fell 3.27% or 4.79 points to trade at 141.88 at the close. Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH) declined 1.12% or 6.71 points to end at 590.78 and Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) was down 0.68% or 0.68 points to 99.18.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:SMCI) which rose 11.62% to 33.15, Copart Inc (NASDAQ:CPRT) which was up 10.19% to settle at 62.70 and Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA) which gained 7.48% to close at 41.11.
The worst performers were Intuit Inc (NASDAQ:INTU) which was down 5.68% to 640.12 in late trade, Palo Alto Networks Inc (NASDAQ:PANW) which lost 3.58% to settle at 383.46 and NetApp Inc (NASDAQ:NTAP) which was down 3.43% to 122.34 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Palladyne AI Corp (NASDAQ:PDYN) which rose 130.00% to 4.60, Quantum Corporation (NASDAQ:QMCO) which was up 127.11% to settle at 9.13 and Nano Labs Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:NA) which gained 89.02% to close at 8.26.
The worst performers were Autonomix Medical Inc (NASDAQ:AMIX) which was down 53.55% to 6.28 in late trade, Cemtrex Inc (NASDAQ:CETX) which lost 41.59% to settle at 0.11 and Ensysce Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:ENSC) which was down 27.41% to 0.43 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2088 to 719 and 84 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2301 rose and 988 declined, while 128 ended unchanged.
Shares in Copart Inc (NASDAQ:CPRT) rose to all time highs; up 10.19% or 5.80 to 62.70. Shares in American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) rose to all time highs; rising 2.83% or 8.30 to 301.30. Shares in Palladyne AI Corp (NASDAQ:PDYN) rose to 52-week highs; up 130.00% or 2.60 to 4.60. Shares in Autonomix Medical Inc (NASDAQ:AMIX) fell to all time lows; losing 53.55% or 7.24 to 6.28. Shares in Cemtrex Inc (NASDAQ:CETX) fell to all time lows; down 41.59% or 0.08 to 0.11.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 9.54% to 15.26.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.36% or 36.30 to $2,711.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.67% or 1.17 to hit $71.27 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.25% or 0.93 to trade at $75.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.54% to 1.04, while USD/JPY rose 0.21% to 154.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.51% at 107.47.