Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.13% to hit a new 1-month high, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.11%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.16%.
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The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM), which rose 2.75% or 5.77 points to trade at 215.30 at the close. Meanwhile, UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) added 0.72% or 3.52 points to end at 493.75 and International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) was up 0.66% or 0.89 points to 135.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW), which fell 1.99% or 1.05 points to trade at 51.73 at the close. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) declined 1.51% or 0.48 points to end at 31.34 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) was down 1.35% or 0.43 points to 31.42.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Match Group Inc (NASDAQ:MTCH) which rose 6.50% to 41.59, Etsy Inc (NASDAQ:ETSY) which was up 4.20% to settle at 91.24 and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) which gained 4.06% to close at 244.40.
The worst performers were DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ:DISH) which was down 11.84% to 6.55 in late trade, FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC) which lost 3.91% to settle at 105.66 and Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:ENPH) which was down 3.76% to 174.58 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Advanced Human Imaging Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:AHI) which rose 581.25% to 2.18, Sonoma Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:SNOA) which was up 44.33% to settle at 1.40 and Sientra Inc (NASDAQ:SIEN) which gained 41.71% to close at 2.48.
The worst performers were Baosheng Media Group Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:BAOS) which was down 33.83% to 9.29 in late trade, Elevation Oncology Inc (NASDAQ:ELEV) which lost 32.27% to settle at 1.91 and Kaspien Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:KSPN) which was down 30.93% to 0.20 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1817 to 1108 and 90 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2364 fell and 1190 advanced, while 115 ended unchanged.
Shares in Advanced Human Imaging Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:AHI) rose to 52-week highs; rising 581.25% or 1.86 to 2.18. Shares in Kaspien Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:KSPN) fell to all time lows; losing 30.93% or 0.09 to 0.20.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 1.32% to 13.83.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.16% or 3.25 to $1,975.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.28% or 0.91 to hit $70.38 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.29% or 0.98 to trade at $74.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.35% to 1.07, while USD/JPY rose 0.35% to 139.41.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 103.54.