Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.97% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index added 0.85%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 1.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which rose 2.23% or 1.03 points to trade at 47.18 at the close. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) added 2.21% or 1.57 points to end at 72.86 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) was up 2.09% or 3.20 points to 155.96 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD), which lost 0.19% or 0.40 points to trade at 211.28 in late trade. Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) added 0.01% or 0.01 points to end at 119.52 and Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM) gained 0.24% or 0.20 points to 84.83.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Under Armour Inc A (NYSE:UAA) which rose 6.42% to 19.96, Under Armour Inc C (NYSE:UA) which was up 5.03% to settle at 18.150 and Brighthouse Financial Inc (NASDAQ:BHF) which gained 4.34% to close at 46.21.
The worst performers were Red Hat Inc (NYSE:RHT) which was down 6.57% to 133.75 in late trade, Nordstrom Inc (NYSE:JWN) which lost 4.89% to settle at 61.01 and Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) which was down 3.35% to 301.81 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Ascent Capital Group Inc (NASDAQ:ASCMA) which rose 119.62% to 2.35, New Age Beverages Corp (NASDAQ:NBEV) which was up 72.31% to settle at 7.53 and Altimmune Inc (NASDAQ:ALT) which gained 66.19% to close at 27.355.
The worst performers were Tilray Inc (NASDAQ:TLRY) which was down 20.25% to 170.71 in late trade, Iterum Therapeutics PLC (NASDAQ:ITRM) which lost 18.52% to settle at 6.73 and Dragon Victory International Ltd (NASDAQ:LYL) which was down 14.86% to 1.49 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2081 to 1005 and 33 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1884 rose and 709 declined, while 91 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.43% to 11.80.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.31% or 3.80 to $1212.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.92% or 0.65 to hit $70.12 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.03% or 0.82 to trade at $78.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.90% to 1.1778, while USD/JPY rose 0.13% to 112.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.69% at 93.47.