Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Healthcare and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.58% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.90%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 1.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which rose 3.01% or 1.30 points to trade at 44.56 at the close. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) added 2.55% or 2.16 points to end at 86.85 and Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) was up 2.03% or 0.74 points to 37.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM), which lost 0.97% or 1.50 points to trade at 152.50 in late trade. DowDuPont Inc (NYSE:DWDP) declined 0.46% or 0.32 points to end at 70.00 and 3M Company (NYSE:MMM) shed 0.03% or 0.08 points to 238.00.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Under Armour Inc A (NYSE:UAA) which rose 9.77% to 15.17, Under Armour Inc C (NYSE:UA) which was up 9.40% to settle at 13.620 and Discovery Communications C Inc (NASDAQ:DISCK) which gained 5.90% to close at 19.75.
The worst performers were CSX Corporation (NASDAQ:CSX) which was down 7.64% to 52.93 in late trade, Mattel Inc (NASDAQ:MAT) which lost 4.68% to settle at 15.48 and Centene Corporation (NYSE:CNC) which was down 4.20% to 94.86 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were LongFin Corp Class A (NASDAQ:LFIN) which rose 307.59% to 22.01, ShiftPixy Inc (NASDAQ:PIXY) which was up 79.72% to settle at 3.90 and PhaseRx Inc (NASDAQ:PZRX) which gained 33.53% to close at 0.49.
The worst performers were TrovaGene Inc (NASDAQ:TROV) which was down 41.31% to 0.253 in late trade, One Horizon Group Inc (NASDAQ:OHGI) which lost 39.29% to settle at 1.8700 and Reven Housing Reit Inc (NASDAQ:RVEN) which was down 22.84% to 3.04 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2106 to 1016 and 105 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1766 rose and 774 declined, while 123 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 10.20% to 9.42.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.12% or 1.50 to $1258.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.53% or 0.30 to hit $57.34 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.08% or 0.05 to trade at $63.26 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.1755, while USD/JPY rose 0.20% to 112.61.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 93.94.