Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.29% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index added 0.18%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which rose 1.54% or 3.77 points to trade at 249.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) added 1.44% or 0.68 points to end at 47.86 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) was up 1.43% or 0.52 points to 37.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE), which fell 1.04% or 0.37 points to trade at 35.36 at the close. Visa Inc (NYSE:V) declined 0.74% or 0.78 points to end at 105.30 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) was down 0.72% or 1.63 points to 225.22.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) which rose 6.32% to 180.11, First Solar Inc (NASDAQ:FSLR) which was up 4.17% to settle at 50.45 and Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ:WDC) which gained 3.18% to close at 88.52.
The worst performers were Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) which was down 7.67% to 48.74 in late trade, Acuity Brands Inc (NYSE:AYI) which lost 4.21% to settle at 170.50 and Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) which was down 4.07% to 65.94 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Mirati Ther (NASDAQ:MRTX) which rose 135.79% to 11.20, Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc (NASDAQ:HMNY) which was up 39.54% to settle at 3.670 and Xcel Brands Inc (NASDAQ:XELB) which gained 30.77% to close at 4.25.
The worst performers were Yangtze River Development Ltd (NASDAQ:YERR) which was down 28.77% to 16.34 in late trade, Trans World Entertainment Corp (NASDAQ:TWMC) which lost 26.79% to settle at 2.050 and FalconStor Software Inc (NASDAQ:FALC) which was down 26.60% to 0.410 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1911 to 1168 and 147 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1458 rose and 1063 declined, while 116 ended unchanged.
Shares in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) rose to all time highs; gaining 6.32% or 10.71 to 180.11. Shares in First Solar Inc (NASDAQ:FSLR) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.17% or 2.02 to 50.45. Shares in Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.54% or 3.77 to 249.00. Shares in Mirati Ther (NASDAQ:MRTX) rose to 52-week highs; up 135.79% or 6.45 to 11.20.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 2.11% to 10.22.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.27% or 3.55 to $1325.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $49.88 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.09% or 0.05 to trade at $55.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.25% to 1.1949, while USD/JPY rose 0.54% to 110.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 91.81.