Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 1.23%, while the S&P 500 index added 2.03%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 2.74%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM), which rose 5.63% or 14.10 points to trade at 264.58 at the close. Meanwhile, Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) added 3.75% or 11.09 points to end at 306.86 and NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) was up 3.57% or 3.67 points to 106.38 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM), which fell 6.58% or 16.15 points to trade at 229.33 at the close. Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) declined 3.74% or 6.20 points to end at 159.53 and Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) was down 1.06% or 0.78 points to 72.52.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were ServiceNow Inc (NYSE:NOW) which rose 15.49% to 938.57, Hasbro Inc (NASDAQ:HAS) which was up 14.54% to settle at 60.35 and Microchip Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MCHP) which gained 12.33% to close at 47.10.
The worst performers were Fiserv Inc (NYSE:FI) which was down 18.52% to 176.89 in late trade, LKQ Corporation (NASDAQ:LKQ) which lost 11.56% to settle at 37.26 and Tyler Technologies Inc (NYSE:TYL) which was down 6.81% to 530.50 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc (NASDAQ:OMEX) which rose 100.87% to 0.86, Cantor Equity Partners Class A (NASDAQ:CEP) which was up 50.30% to settle at 24.80 and TMC the metals company Inc (NASDAQ:TMC) which gained 44.71% to close at 3.69.
The worst performers were Greenlane Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:GNLN) which was down 93.89% to 0.02 in late trade, Jiuzi Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:JZXN) which lost 68.11% to settle at 2.36 and Ocean Biomedical Inc (OTC:OCEA) which was down 52.20% to 0.01 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2319 to 475 and 53 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2490 rose and 830 declined, while 103 ended unchanged.
Shares in Greenlane Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:GNLN) fell to all time lows; losing 93.89% or 0.23 to 0.02. Shares in Cantor Equity Partners Class A (NASDAQ:CEP) rose to all time highs; gaining 50.30% or 8.30 to 24.80. Shares in TMC the metals company Inc (NASDAQ:TMC) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 44.71% or 1.14 to 3.69. Shares in Ocean Biomedical Inc (OTC:OCEA) fell to all time lows; losing 52.20% or 0.01 to 0.01.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 6.92% to 26.48.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.84% or 60.62 to $3,354.72 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.75% or 0.47 to hit $62.74 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.54% or 0.36 to trade at $66.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.71% to 1.14, while USD/JPY fell 0.56% to 142.58.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.62% at 99.02.