Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.82% to hit a new 52-week high, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.59%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), which rose 4.26% or 0.85 points to trade at 20.79 at the close. Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) added 3.26% or 3.58 points to end at 113.48 and Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM) was up 3.21% or 8.09 points to 259.99 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which lost 2.15% or 0.96 points to trade at 43.74 in late trade. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) declined 1.16% or 4.40 points to end at 374.51 and Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) shed 0.86% or 1.34 points to 154.35.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Boston Properties Inc (NYSE:BXP) which rose 11.15% to 63.28, Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA) which was up 10.81% to settle at 472.03 and Paramount Global Class B (NASDAQ:PARA) which gained 9.81% to close at 15.78.
The worst performers were Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) which was down 5.17% to 28.89 in late trade, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) which lost 2.15% to settle at 43.74 and Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) which was down 1.74% to 465.74 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Neximmune Inc (NASDAQ:NEXI) which rose 144.94% to 6.05, Green Giant Inc (NASDAQ:GGE) which was up 66.43% to settle at 0.31 and View Inc (NASDAQ:VIEW) which gained 63.26% to close at 1.03.
The worst performers were Polar Power Inc (NASDAQ:POLA) which was down 46.34% to 0.46 in late trade, Smart for Life Inc (NASDAQ:SMFL) which lost 43.57% to settle at 1.36 and Incannex Healthcare Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:IXHL) which was down 33.79% to 5.29 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2469 to 466 and 40 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2641 rose and 840 declined, while 77 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 2.24% to 12.63.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.62% or 33.00 to $2,071.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.17% or 1.65 to hit $74.31 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 2.18% or 1.76 to trade at $79.10 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 1.09, while USD/JPY fell 0.91% to 146.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 103.16.