Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.45%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.32%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT), which rose 1.55% or 1.04 points to trade at 68.25 at the close. Meanwhile, International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) added 1.53% or 2.22 points to end at 147.29 and Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) was up 1.22% or 0.32 points to 26.53 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK), which fell 0.91% or 0.49 points to trade at 53.60 at the close. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) declined 0.56% or 0.52 points to end at 92.72 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) was down 0.43% or 0.68 points to 158.85.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Activision Blizzard Inc (NASDAQ:ATVI) which rose 8.48% to 37.87, Teradata Corporation (NYSE:TDC) which was up 7.12% to settle at 28.14 and PerkinElmer Inc (NYSE:PKI) which gained 6.86% to close at 54.23.
The worst performers were Endo International PLC (NASDAQ:ENDP) which was down 39.19% to 16.17 in late trade, Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) which lost 19.61% to settle at 4.59 and Mallinckrodt (NYSE:MNK) which was down 7.27% to 56.40 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Morgans Hotel Group Co (NASDAQ:MHGC) which rose 43.61% to 1.91, Gevo Inc (NASDAQ:GEVO) which was up 28.00% to settle at 0.3200 and Attunity Ltd (NASDAQ:ATTU) which gained 25.03% to close at 9.290.
The worst performers were KemPharm Inc (NASDAQ:KMPH) which was down 55.90% to 6.91 in late trade, Endo International PLC (NASDAQ:ENDP) which lost 39.19% to settle at 16.17 and Intersect ENT Inc (NASDAQ:XENT) which was down 32.10% to 13.81 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2075 to 1224 and 34 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1387 rose and 1149 declined, while 74 ended unchanged.
Shares in Endo International PLC (NASDAQ:ENDP) fell to 5-year lows; down 39.19% or 10.42 to 16.17. Shares in Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) fell to 52-week lows; down 0.56% or 0.52 to 92.72. Shares in KemPharm Inc (NASDAQ:KMPH) fell to all time lows; losing 55.90% or 8.76 to 6.91. Shares in Endo International PLC (NASDAQ:ENDP) fell to 5-year lows; falling 39.19% or 10.42 to 16.17. Shares in Intersect ENT Inc (NASDAQ:XENT) fell to 52-week lows; down 32.10% or 6.53 to 13.81.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 7.17% to 14.77.
Gold for June delivery was up 1.46% or 18.60 to $1290.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.77% or 0.34 to hit $44.66 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.73% or 0.33 to trade at $45.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1403, while USD/JPY fell 0.15% to 107.10.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 93.84.