Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.82%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.67%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which rose 2.36% or 3.12 points to trade at 135.49 at the close. Meanwhile, UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) added 2.08% or 5.03 points to end at 247.26 and Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) was up 1.86% or 6.98 points to 381.42 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were 3M Company (NYSE:MMM), which fell 0.36% or 0.75 points to trade at 207.78 at the close. Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) added 0.08% or 0.05 points to end at 59.13 and Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM) was up 0.07% or 0.06 points to 80.80.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were CarMax Inc (NYSE:KMX) which rose 9.61% to 69.80, Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG) which was up 7.88% to settle at 94.34 and Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) which gained 5.06% to close at 41.33.
The worst performers were PVH Corp (NYSE:PVH) which was down 4.17% to 121.95 in late trade, Helmerich & Payne Inc (NYSE:HP) which lost 2.30% to settle at 55.56 and Capri Holdings Ltd (NYSE:CPRI) which was down 1.93% to 45.75 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Estre USA Inc Class A (NASDAQ:ESTR) which rose 38.46% to 1.62, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (NASDAQ:CSSE) which was up 30.11% to settle at 12.36 and Applied DNA Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:APDN) which gained 31.97% to close at 0.713.
The worst performers were ENDRA Life Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:NDRA) which was down 41.55% to 1.660 in late trade, Dropcar Inc (NASDAQ:DCAR) which lost 33.18% to settle at 2.960 and Eltek Ltd (NASDAQ:ELTK) which was down 25.85% to 1.629 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1796 to 1173 and 127 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1477 rose and 1168 declined, while 84 ended unchanged.
Shares in Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (NASDAQ:CSSE) rose to all time highs; up 30.11% or 2.86 to 12.36. Shares in Eltek Ltd (NASDAQ:ELTK) fell to 3-years lows; down 25.85% or 0.568 to 1.629.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.99% to 13.71.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.14% or 1.75 to $1297.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.50% or 0.89 to hit $60.19 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.80% or 0.54 to trade at $67.64 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.01% to 1.1219, while USD/JPY rose 0.19% to 110.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 96.820.