Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Telecoms and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.63% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.45%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), which rose 2.23% or 0.41 points to trade at 18.55 at the close. Meanwhile, International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) added 2.22% or 3.52 points to end at 162.00 and DowDuPont Inc (NYSE:DWDP) was up 2.09% or 1.53 points to 74.58 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which fell 1.90% or 0.86 points to trade at 44.40 at the close. Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) declined 0.48% or 1.44 points to end at 296.36 and Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) was down 0.48% or 0.62 points to 127.89.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Stericycle Inc (NASDAQ:SRCL) which rose 4.72% to 70.82, Arconic Inc (NYSE:ARNC) which was up 4.75% to settle at 29.31 and Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) which gained 4.33% to close at 12.050.
The worst performers were L Brands Inc (NYSE:LB) which was down 11.52% to 51.46 in late trade, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) which lost 4.81% to settle at 71.88 and Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE:PEG) which was down 3.33% to 49.05 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Chinanet Online Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:CNET) which rose 669.23% to 9.0000, HTG Molecular Diagnostics Inc (NASDAQ:HTGM) which was up 64.64% to settle at 3.770 and Cellect Biotechnology Ltd (NASDAQ:APOP) which gained 44.87% to close at 10.30.
The worst performers were Insys Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:INSY) which was down 19.54% to 10.77 in late trade, China HGS Real Estate Inc (NASDAQ:HGSH) which lost 19.19% to settle at 1.980 and Rex Energy Corp (NASDAQ:REXX) which was down 17.04% to 1.8750 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1958 to 1190 and 29 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1532 rose and 1004 declined, while 93 ended unchanged.
Shares in DowDuPont Inc (NYSE:DWDP) rose to all time highs; rising 2.09% or 1.53 to 74.58. Shares in Chinanet Online Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:CNET) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 669.23% or 7.8300 to 9.0000.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.44% to 9.11 a new all time low.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.45% or 5.90 to $1324.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.47% or 0.29 to hit $61.92 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.16% or 0.11 to trade at $67.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.42% to 1.2067, while USD/JPY rose 0.21% to 112.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 91.61.