Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.57%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.41%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which rose 8.10% or 4.23 points to trade at 56.46 at the close. Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) added 4.39% or 5.88 points to end at 139.73 and 3M Company (NYSE:MMM) was up 2.59% or 4.20 points to 166.09 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO), which lost 1.57% or 0.86 points to trade at 53.75 in late trade. Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) declined 1.37% or 4.72 points to end at 339.83 and Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) shed 1.23% or 1.54 points to 123.25.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were ResMed Inc (NYSE:RMD) which rose 12.94% to 144.26, Mohawk Industries Inc (NYSE:MHK) which was up 10.94% to settle at 144.13 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) which gained 8.10% to close at 56.46.
The worst performers were Ventas Inc (NYSE:VTR) which was down 8.93% to 66.00 in late trade, Edison International (NYSE:EIX) which lost 8.51% to settle at 66.05 and Albemarle Corp (NYSE:ALB) which was down 8.44% to 63.59 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Xunlei Ltd Adr (NASDAQ:XNET) which rose 107.76% to 4.82, Reebonz Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:RBZ) which was up 47.73% to settle at 1.95 and Lianluo Smart Ltd (NASDAQ:LLIT) which gained 45.70% to close at 0.746.
The worst performers were BeyondSpring Inc (NASDAQ:BYSI) which was down 26.77% to 12.28 in late trade, Melinta Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:MLNT) which lost 23.34% to settle at 3.350 and Universal Logistics Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:ULH) which was down 20.05% to 20.14 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1607 to 1215 and 125 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1539 rose and 1061 declined, while 99 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 7.73% to 12.65 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.16% or 2.45 to $1507.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.76% or 0.43 to hit $56.66 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.50% or 0.31 to trade at $61.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.22% to 1.1080, while USD/JPY rose 0.05% to 108.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 97.597.