Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the added 1.14% to hit a new 1-month high, while the index climbed 1.15%, and the index climbed 1.45%.
The best performers of the session on the were Home Depot Inc (NYSE:), which rose 2.80% or 10.23 points to trade at 375.59 at the close. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:) added 2.34% or 11.67 points to end at 509.42 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:) was up 2.16% or 0.44 points to 20.54 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:), which fell 0.58% or 0.98 points to trade at 169.17 at the close. Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:) declined 0.20% or 0.55 points to end at 267.40 and Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:) was up 0.04% or 0.05 points to 116.60.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Builders FirstSource Inc (NYSE:) which rose 8.75% to 182.21, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd (NYSE:) which was up 7.76% to settle at 17.50 and Carnival Corporation (NYSE:) which gained 7.54% to close at 16.61.
The worst performers were Intuit Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 6.83% to 619.85 in late trade, Brown & Brown Inc (NYSE:) which lost 1.61% to settle at 102.00 and McKesson Corporation (NYSE:) which was down 1.59% to 552.00 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Portage Biotech Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 121.40% to 6.00, Momentus Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 84.05% to settle at 1.05 and Guardion Health Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 59.29% to close at 18.00.
The worst performers were U BX Technology Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was down 92.63% to 2.35 in late trade, Farmmi Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 57.27% to settle at 0.24 and GD Culture Group Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was down 29.68% to 5.45 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2483 to 367 and 62 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2590 rose and 749 declined, while 105 ended unchanged.
Shares in Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:) rose to all time highs; rising 2.34% or 11.67 to 509.42. Shares in U BX Technology Ltd (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; down 92.63% or 29.55 to 2.35. Shares in Farmmi Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 57.27% or 0.32 to 0.24. Shares in Guardion Health Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 59.29% or 6.70 to 18.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 9.63% to 15.86.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.19% or 30.00 to $2,546.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.57% or 1.88 to hit $74.89 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.34% or 1.81 to trade at $79.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.72% to 1.12, while USD/JPY fell 1.32% to 144.34.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.82% at 100.56.
