Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Industrials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.39%, while the S&P 500 index added 1.47%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 1.51%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE), which rose 3.24% or 1.84 points to trade at 58.60 at the close. Meanwhile, American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) added 3.10% or 8.32 points to end at 276.86 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) was up 3.10% or 9.72 points to 323.68 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which fell 3.76% or 8.02 points to trade at 205.30 at the close. Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) declined 0.90% or 2.56 points to end at 281.22 and McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) was down 0.54% or 1.68 points to 311.96.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were DexCom Inc (NASDAQ:DXCM) which rose 16.08% to 81.56, United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UAL) which was up 7.06% to settle at 74.04 and Franklin Resources Inc (NYSE:BEN) which gained 7.04% to close at 20.06.
The worst performers were Godaddy Inc (NYSE:GDDY) which was down 8.36% to 176.27 in late trade, Motorola Solutions Inc (NYSE:MSI) which lost 7.46% to settle at 406.42 and Take-Two Interactive Software Inc (NASDAQ:TTWO) which was down 6.67% to 219.49 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were CaliberCos Inc (NASDAQ:CWD) which rose 2,025.56% to 4.74, Helius Medical Technologies Inc Class A (NASDAQ:HSDT) which was up 1,665.38% to settle at 4.59 and Polyrizon Ltd (NASDAQ:PLRZ) which gained 298.58% to close at 1.01.
The worst performers were Draganfly Inc (NASDAQ:DPRO) which was down 34.01% to 1.94 in late trade, E-Home Household Service Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:EJH) which lost 32.63% to settle at 0.20 and Pro-Dex Inc (NASDAQ:PDEX) which was down 31.86% to 45.86 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2218 to 555 and 66 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2415 rose and 879 declined, while 137 ended unchanged.
Shares in E-Home Household Service Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:EJH) fell to all time lows; falling 32.63% or 0.10 to 0.20.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 7.68% to 22.71.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.77% or 24.85 to $3,247.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.20% or 0.71 to hit $58.53 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.92% or 0.57 to trade at $61.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 1.13, while USD/JPY fell 0.32% to 144.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 99.86.