Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Financials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.71% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.51%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which rose 2.20% or 5.71 points to trade at 264.75 at the close. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) added 2.09% or 4.24 points to end at 207.49 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) was up 1.98% or 4.74 points to 244.73 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), which lost 3.65% or 3.34 points to trade at 88.25 in late trade. Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) declined 0.45% or 0.21 points to end at 46.38 and McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) shed 0.12% or 0.20 points to 166.30.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Under Armour Inc A (NYSE:UAA) which rose 6.26% to 17.48, Dover Corporation (NYSE:DOV) which was up 6.09% to settle at 94.95 and Under Armour Inc C (NYSE:UA) which gained 5.93% to close at 15.910.
The worst performers were Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG) which was down 10.76% to 121.33 in late trade, Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) which lost 3.65% to settle at 88.25 and Church & Dwight Company Inc (NYSE:CHD) which was down 2.33% to 46.18 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Dextera Surgical Inc (NASDAQ:DXTR) which rose 40.06% to 0.1867, Repros Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:RPRX) which was up 29.63% to settle at 0.56 and Uniqure NV (NASDAQ:QURE) which gained 27.11% to close at 19.27.
The worst performers were Durect Corporation (NASDAQ:DRRX) which was down 60.53% to 0.778 in late trade, Concordia International Corp (NASDAQ:CXRX) which lost 38.71% to settle at 0.57 and Rennova Health Inc (NASDAQ:RNVA) which was down 20.39% to 0.781 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1804 to 1287 and 129 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1534 rose and 974 declined, while 143 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.70% to 9.98.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.50% or 6.44 to $1283.56 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.80% or 0.41 to hit $51.70 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.08% or 0.62 to trade at $57.85 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.63% to 1.1777, while USD/JPY rose 0.82% to 113.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 93.57.