Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.21%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.44%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE), which rose 4.84% or 3.10 points to trade at 67.21 at the close. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) added 2.05% or 5.15 points to end at 256.12 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) was up 1.51% or 3.00 points to 201.33 in late trade.
Biggest losers included International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM), which lost 3.99% or 6.75 points to trade at 162.37 in late trade. General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) declined 3.04% or 0.51 points to end at 16.26 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) shed 1.83% or 1.83 points to 98.03.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Mattel Inc (NASDAQ:MAT) which rose 5.97% to 16.14, Hanesbrands Inc (NYSE:HBI) which was up 5.45% to settle at 23.20 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) which gained 4.84% to close at 67.21.
The worst performers were International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) which was down 3.99% to 162.37 in late trade, CBS Corporation (NYSE:CBS) which lost 3.75% to settle at 57.75 and McCormick & Company Incorporated (NYSE:MKC) which was down 3.61% to 99.19 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Forward Industries Inc (NASDAQ:FORD) which rose 137.90% to 2.950, NuCana PLC (NASDAQ:NCNA) which was up 41.55% to settle at 20.51 and New Age Beverages Corp (NASDAQ:NBEV) which gained 22.50% to close at 3.92.
The worst performers were PAVmed Inc (NASDAQ:PAVM) which was down 28.02% to 1.83 in late trade, Argos Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ARGS) which lost 19.51% to settle at 2.17 and Heat Biologics Inc (NASDAQ:HTBX) which was down 15.00% to 0.340 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2073 to 1013 and 132 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1804 rose and 740 declined, while 110 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 7.60% to 11.30.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.31% or 4.10 to $1331.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.69% or 0.44 to hit $63.51 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.84% or 0.58 to trade at $68.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.18% to 1.2216, while USD/JPY fell 0.24% to 110.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 90.49.