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Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.52%, while the S&P 500 index added 1.19%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 1.64%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which rose 3.12% or 3.47 points to trade at 114.67 at the close. Meanwhile, Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) added 2.92% or 1.95 points to end at 68.83 and Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) was up 2.58% or 3.06 points to 121.53 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), which fell 3.12% or 1.08 points to trade at 33.51 at the close. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) declined 1.46% or 4.49 points to end at 303.51 and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) was down 0.91% or 1.26 points to 137.10.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Alliance Data Systems Corp (NYSE:ADS) which rose 18.88% to 52.02, CBRE Group Inc Class A (NYSE:CBRE) which was up 16.83% to settle at 51.31 and Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) which gained 8.02% to close at 52.42.
The worst performers were ABIOMED Inc (NASDAQ:ABMD) which was down 9.84% to 255.16 in late trade, eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) which lost 7.46% to settle at 49.28 and Fidelity National Information Services Inc (NYSE:FIS) which was down 5.64% to 125.04 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Polar Power Inc (NASDAQ:POLA) which rose 57.51% to 3.670, Rekor Systems Inc (NASDAQ:REKR) which was up 29.82% to settle at 4.31 and ATIF Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:ATIF) which gained 27.64% to close at 1.570.
The worst performers were Tricida Inc (NASDAQ:TCDA) which was down 47.76% to 4.32 in late trade, Cancer Genetics Inc (NASDAQ:CGIX) which lost 32.65% to settle at 2.29 and Insignia Systems Inc (NASDAQ:ISIG) which was down 26.66% to 0.9387 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1994 to 912 and 85 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1782 rose and 982 declined, while 78 ended unchanged.
Shares in Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 8.02% or 3.89 to 52.42. Shares in Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) fell to 5-year lows; falling 3.12% or 1.08 to 33.51. Shares in Tricida Inc (NASDAQ:TCDA) fell to all time lows; falling 47.76% or 3.95 to 4.32.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 6.68% to 37.59.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.60% or 11.30 to $1867.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 3.50% or 1.31 to hit $36.08 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.10% or 0.04 to trade at $38.17 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.01% to 1.1673, while USD/JPY rose 0.02% to 104.63.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 93.955.
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