Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the added 0.80%, while the index climbed 1.26%, and the index climbed 1.75%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:), which rose 4.43% or 6.12 points to trade at 144.43 at the close. Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:) added 1.79% or 3.94 points to end at 224.16 and Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:) was up 1.68% or 8.49 points to 513.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Boeing Co (NYSE:), which lost 1.15% or 1.97 points to trade at 169.90 in late trade. Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:) declined 0.51% or 0.85 points to end at 165.13 and Nike Inc (NYSE:) shed 0.49% or 0.36 points to 73.31.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 10.92% to 33.33, Vistra Energy Corp (NYSE:) which was up 8.49% to settle at 162.36 and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 8.22% to close at 410.44.
The worst performers were Dollar Tree Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 4.07% to 73.36 in late trade, Molson Coors Brewing Co Class B (NYSE:) which lost 3.37% to settle at 55.27 and Celanese Corporation (NYSE:) which was down 3.35% to 66.13 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Focus Universal Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 177.57% to 0.96, N2OFF Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 146.73% to settle at 2.64 and Cerence Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 143.76% to close at 19.33.
The worst performers were Ptl Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 39.38% to 7.39 in late trade, HWH International Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 28.80% to settle at 0.46 and NXU Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 23.98% to 0.71 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2059 to 738 and 57 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2441 rose and 870 declined, while 102 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 10.04% to 16.13.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.70% or 18.76 to $2,650.24 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.23% or 0.90 to hit $74.03 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.86% or 0.65 to trade at $76.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.41% to 1.03, while USD/JPY fell 0.06% to 157.37.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 108.78.
