Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.62% to hit a new 1-month high, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.55%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which rose 2.96% or 0.99 points to trade at 34.49 at the close. Meanwhile, International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) added 2.53% or 4.52 points to end at 182.83 and Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) was up 1.80% or 5.85 points to 330.94 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), which fell 1.21% or 2.51 points to trade at 204.94 at the close. Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) declined 0.94% or 1.21 points to end at 127.76 and Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) was down 0.87% or 1.60 points to 182.31.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:ENPH) which rose 6.86% to 119.34, Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE:BK) which was up 5.23% to settle at 64.69 and Accenture plc (NYSE:ACN) which gained 4.24% to close at 310.63.
The worst performers were Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) which was down 5.97% to 56.57 in late trade, Align Technology Inc (NASDAQ:ALGN) which lost 5.33% to settle at 242.65 and West Pharmaceutical Services Inc (NYSE:WST) which was down 3.10% to 322.98 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were IM Cannabis Corp (NASDAQ:IMCC) which rose 569.38% to 2.47, Qualigen Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:QLGN) which was up 111.45% to settle at 0.43 and Vicinity Motor Corp (NASDAQ:VEV) which gained 110.98% to close at 0.71.
The worst performers were Shineco Inc (NASDAQ:SISI) which was down 60.38% to 0.84 in late trade, Monterey Capital Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:MCAC) which lost 49.50% to settle at 3.54 and Kazia Therapeutics Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:KZIA) which was down 27.76% to 0.90 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2120 to 726 and 85 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2321 rose and 1028 declined, while 126 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE:BK) rose to all time highs; up 5.23% or 3.22 to 64.69. Shares in Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.80% or 5.85 to 330.94. Shares in Monterey Capital Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:MCAC) fell to all time lows; falling 49.50% or 3.47 to 3.54.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 3.56% to 12.46.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.21% or 5.20 to $2,416.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.45% or 0.37 to hit $82.25 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.42% or 0.36 to trade at $85.04 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.38% to 1.09, while USD/JPY fell 0.57% to 157.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 103.79.