Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Healthcare and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.29% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index added 0.37%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), which rose 2.37% or 1.66 points to trade at 71.76 at the close. Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) added 1.55% or 2.91 points to end at 190.23 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) was up 1.48% or 2.27 points to 155.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), which lost 1.49% or 1.20 points to trade at 79.50 in late trade. Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) declined 1.11% or 1.16 points to end at 103.11 and Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) shed 0.95% or 1.03 points to 107.18.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Broadcom Ltd (NASDAQ:AVGO) which rose 8.50% to 254.53, Cooper Companies Inc (NYSE:COO) which was up 8.43% to settle at 238.32 and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:REGN) which gained 3.09% to close at 480.43.
The worst performers were Newfield Exploration Company (NYSE:NFX) which was down 5.02% to 30.83 in late trade, Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE:SWN) which lost 4.97% to settle at 5.74 and Tegna Inc (NYSE:TGNA) which was down 4.36% to 14.6800 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Inventergy (NASDAQ:INVT) which rose 38.30% to 0.260, Wins Finance Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:WINS) which was up 33.53% to settle at 26.72 and ChinaCache International Holdings (NASDAQ:CCIH) which gained 26.12% to close at 1.69.
The worst performers were LiNiu Technology Group (NASDAQ:LINU) which was down 30.65% to 0.430 in late trade, Endocyte Inc (NASDAQ:ECYT) which lost 30.04% to settle at 1.910 and Microbot Medical Inc (NASDAQ:MBOT) which was down 29.57% to 3.8100 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1893 to 1322 and 43 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1671 rose and 865 declined, while 96 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.91% to 9.80.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.92% or 11.67 to $1278.67 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.10% or 0.53 to hit $47.83 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.03% or 0.52 to trade at $50.11 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.61% to 1.1281, while USD/JPY fell 0.85% to 110.42.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 96.63.