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U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.82%

Published 10/08/2015, 04:25 PM
Updated 10/08/2015, 04:25 PM
© Reuters.  U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.82%

© Reuters. U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.82%

Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.82% to hit a new 1-month high, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.88%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.41%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE), which rose 2.30% or 2.81 points to trade at 124.91 at the close. Meanwhile, Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) added 2.07% or 1.46 points to end at 71.84 and Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) was up 2.03% or 1.79 points to 89.91 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which fell 1.16% or 1.28 points to trade at 109.50 at the close. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) declined 0.64% or 1.16 points to end at 181.07 and Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) was down 0.62% or 0.20 points to 33.09.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Joy Global Inc (NYSE:JOY) which rose 8.44% to 18.51, Columbia Pipeline Group Inc (NYSE:CPGX) which was up 6.64% to settle at 20.25 and Noble Energy Inc (NYSE:NBL) which gained 6.33% to close at 37.27.

The worst performers were eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) which was down 5.96% to 24.15 in late trade, Skyworks Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:SWKS) which lost 5.00% to settle at 79.43 and Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE:THC) which was down 2.49% to 37.26 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Wafergen Bi (NASDAQ:WGBS) which rose 47.37% to 2.24, Forbes Energy Services Ltd (NASDAQ:FES) which was up 45.45% to settle at 0.80 and Skystar Bio-Pharmaceutical Company (NASDAQ:SKBI) which gained 42.55% to close at 1.340.

The worst performers were EXACT Sciences Corporation (NASDAQ:EXAS) which was down 22.16% to 7.80 in late trade, Superconductor Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:SCON) which lost 21.93% to settle at 0.420 and Ocean Rig UDW Inc (NASDAQ:ORIG) which was down 19.85% to 2.10 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1955 to 566 and 3 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1626 rose and 892 declined, while 63 ended unchanged.

Shares in EXACT Sciences Corporation (NASDAQ:EXAS) fell to 3-years lows; falling 22.16% or 2.22 to 7.80. Shares in Superconductor Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:SCON) fell to 52-week lows; losing 21.93% or 0.118 to 0.420.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.62% to 17.55 a new 1-month low.

Gold for December delivery was down 0.86% or 9.90 to $1138.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.80% or 1.81 to hit $49.62 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 3.76% or 1.93 to trade at $53.26 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.32% to 1.1274, while USD/JPY fell 0.07% to 119.92.

The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 95.40.

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