Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.91%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.87%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 1.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO), which rose 2.37% or 1.01 points to trade at 43.58 at the close. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) added 2.29% or 1.18 points to end at 52.38 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was up 2.17% or 2.21 points to 104.19 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), which lost 0.35% or 0.28 points to trade at 78.88 in late trade. Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) declined 0.26% or 0.12 points to end at 44.67 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) shed 0.21% or 0.11 points to 51.23.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were CA Inc (NASDAQ:CA) which rose 18.65% to 44.15, Keurig Dr Pepper Inc (NYSE:KDP) which was up 4.17% to settle at 25.00 and Intuitive Surgical Inc (NASDAQ:ISRG) which gained 4.12% to close at 525.00.
The worst performers were Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO) which was down 13.76% to 209.94 in late trade, L Brands Inc (NYSE:LB) which lost 12.06% to settle at 32.34 and Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) which was down 5.26% to 32.97 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Izea Inc (NASDAQ:IZEA) which rose 173.65% to 2.5600, China Techfaith Wireless Communication Technology Ltd (NASDAQ:CNTF) which was up 63.93% to settle at 3.0000 and Monaker Group Inc (NASDAQ:MKGI) which gained 23.02% to close at 3.1000.
The worst performers were SSLJ.com Ltd Class A (NASDAQ:SSLJ) which was down 44.95% to 1.6900 in late trade, Amedica Corp (NASDAQ:AMDA) which lost 34.07% to settle at 0.540 and Sellas Life Sciences Group Inc (NASDAQ:SLS) which was down 30.60% to 1.6100 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1904 to 1209 and 33 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1433 rose and 1072 declined, while 149 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 7.70% to 12.58.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.22% or 2.70 to $1247.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $70.33 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.31% or 0.96 to trade at $74.36 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.01% to 1.1672, while USD/JPY rose 0.48% to 112.53.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 94.56.