Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Consumer Services and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 2.47% to hit a new 1-month high, while the S&P 500 index gained 2.37%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 2.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which rose 6.07% or 10.88 points to trade at 190.22 at the close. JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) added 5.25% or 6.10 points to end at 122.23 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) was up 4.60% or 14.29 points to 325.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ), which lost 4.46% or 1.65 points to trade at 35.35 in late trade. American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) declined 1.67% or 2.38 points to end at 140.04 and Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) gained 1.25% or 1.59 points to 128.58.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Schlumberger NV (NYSE:SLB) which rose 10.33% to 50.41, Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc (NYSE:FCX) which was up 9.99% to settle at 32.03 and Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ:HBAN) which gained 9.47% to close at 14.45.
The worst performers were SVB Financial Group (NASDAQ:SIVB) which was down 23.95% to 230.03 in late trade, Robert Half International Inc (NYSE:RHI) which lost 8.55% to settle at 73.01 and HCA Holdings Inc (NYSE:HCA) which was down 5.73% to 196.66 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Huadi International Group Co Ltd (NASDAQ:HUDI) which rose 89.27% to 58.92, Altamira Therapeutics Ltd (NASDAQ:CYTO) which was up 58.64% to settle at 0.52 and Missfresh Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:MF) which gained 57.50% to close at 2.52.
The worst performers were Immunic Inc (NASDAQ:IMUX) which was down 77.39% to 2.08 in late trade, Nextplay Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:NXTP) which lost 33.23% to settle at 0.28 and Kalera PLC (NASDAQ:KAL) which was down 35.61% to 0.28 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2281 to 844 and 113 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2503 rose and 1265 declined, while 238 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.97% to 29.69.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.40% or 22.90 to $1,659.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.75% or 0.63 to hit $85.14 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.23% or 1.14 to trade at $93.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.80% to 0.99, while USD/JPY fell 1.76% to 147.49.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.91% at 111.79.