Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.58% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index climbed 1.04%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 2.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which rose 2.71% or 6.66 points to trade at 252.00 at the close. Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) added 2.62% or 3.60 points to end at 141.19 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was up 2.03% or 4.71 points to 237.13 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ), which lost 2.75% or 1.57 points to trade at 55.51 in late trade. Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) declined 1.09% or 0.56 points to end at 50.88 and McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) shed 0.82% or 1.74 points to 211.57.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc (NYSE:FCX) which rose 8.73% to 37.47, TripAdvisor Inc (NASDAQ:TRIP) which was up 6.78% to settle at 55.31 and Align Technology Inc (NASDAQ:ALGN) which gained 6.29% to close at 544.00.
The worst performers were General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) which was down 7.40% to 12.27 in late trade, Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) which lost 6.53% to settle at 67.41 and Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE:SEE) which was down 3.33% to 45.29 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Entera Bio Ltd (NASDAQ:ENTX) which rose 152.50% to 4.040, Nova Lifestyle I (NASDAQ:NVFY) which was up 87.08% to settle at 4.490 and ENGlobal Corporation (NASDAQ:ENG) which gained 43.81% to close at 6.5000.
The worst performers were Enveric Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:ENVB) which was down 23.35% to 3.480 in late trade, AVEO Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:AVEO) which lost 22.32% to settle at 11.8700 and Celsius Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:CELH) which was down 21.77% to 47.37 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2058 to 772 and 66 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2646 rose and 686 declined, while 70 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 2.88% to 21.91.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.02% or 0.40 to $1721.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $65.94 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.39% or 1.62 to trade at $69.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.1986, while USD/JPY rose 0.06% to 108.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 91.415.