Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.11%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.28%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD), which rose 1.50% or 1.92 points to trade at 129.62 at the close. Meanwhile, Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) added 0.88% or 0.31 points to end at 35.52 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) was up 0.84% or 0.64 points to 76.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), which fell 1.43% or 0.89 points to trade at 61.26 at the close. Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) declined 0.65% or 0.68 points to end at 104.15 and EI du Pont de Nemours and Company (NYSE:DD) was down 0.68% or 0.44 points to 64.36.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Harley-Davidson Inc (NYSE:HOG) which rose 20.30% to 54.52, Endo International PLC (NASDAQ:ENDP) which was up 8.92% to settle at 16.98 and Transocean Ltd (NYSE:RIG) which gained 7.32% to close at 12.75.
The worst performers were Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) which was down 9.16% to 12.50 in late trade, Williams Companies Inc (NYSE:WMB) which lost 4.90% to settle at 20.57 and Humana Inc (NYSE:HUM) which was down 3.32% to 174.00 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Trio Merger Corp (NASDAQ:SAEX) which rose 70.61% to 0.209, Galena Biopharma Inc (NASDAQ:GALE) which was up 32.48% to settle at 0.6175 and Yulong Eco-Materials Ltd (NASDAQ:YECO) which gained 27.79% to close at 2.190.
The worst performers were Cryoport Inc (NASDAQ:CYRX) which was down 18.27% to 1.7000 in late trade, LabStyle Innovations Corp (NASDAQ:DRIO) which lost 12.04% to settle at 4.530 and Vestin Realty Mortgage II Inc (NASDAQ:VRTB) which was down 11.54% to 2.300 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2094 to 1146 and 56 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1563 rose and 994 declined, while 63 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 5.69% to 14.74.
Gold for August delivery was up 1.75% or 23.05 to $1343.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.76% or 0.85 to hit $49.18 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.75% or 0.87 to trade at $50.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.23% to 1.1131, while USD/JPY fell 0.61% to 102.59.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.19% at 95.77.