Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.49% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.58%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.84%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), which rose 2.69% or 4.03 points to trade at 153.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) added 1.62% or 4.38 points to end at 273.97 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) was up 1.55% or 2.14 points to 140.48 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which fell 2.07% or 4.67 points to trade at 221.20 at the close. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) declined 0.92% or 0.47 points to end at 50.65 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) was down 0.85% or 1.02 points to 119.65.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NKTR) which rose 7.70% to 19.02, Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN) which was up 7.62% to settle at 79.95 and Accenture plc (NYSE:ACN) which gained 6.87% to close at 264.44.
The worst performers were Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE:MPC) which was down 2.59% to 40.57 in late trade, Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc (NYSE:HII) which lost 2.38% to settle at 170.47 and AT&T Inc (NYSE:T) which was down 2.25% to 29.61 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Mingzhu Logistics Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:YGMZ) which rose 310.89% to 16.60, NXT-ID Inc (NASDAQ:NXTD) which was up 53.68% to settle at 1.4200 and Avenue Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ATXI) which gained 48.24% to close at 5.47.
The worst performers were Triterras Inc (NASDAQ:TRIT) which was down 31.29% to 9.07 in late trade, Biocardia Inc (NASDAQ:BCDA) which lost 26.10% to settle at 4.29 and Mediaco Holding Inc (NASDAQ:MDIA) which was down 20.97% to 2.85 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2012 to 1080 and 80 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1989 rose and 999 declined, while 89 ended unchanged.
Shares in Accenture plc (NYSE:ACN) rose to all time highs; up 6.87% or 16.99 to 264.44. Shares in Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) rose to all time highs; rising 1.55% or 2.14 to 140.48. Shares in Mingzhu Logistics Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:YGMZ) rose to all time highs; rising 310.89% or 12.56 to 16.60. Shares in Triterras Inc (NASDAQ:TRIT) fell to all time lows; losing 31.29% or 4.13 to 9.07. Shares in NXT-ID Inc (NASDAQ:NXTD) rose to 52-week highs; rising 53.68% or 0.4960 to 1.4200.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 2.53% to 21.93.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.74% or 32.30 to $1891.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.32% or 0.63 to hit $48.45 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.94% or 0.48 to trade at $51.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.59% to 1.2268, while USD/JPY fell 0.35% to 103.11.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.72% at 89.707.