Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the gained 1.18%, while the index added 1.26%, and the index climbed 1.99%.
The best performers of the session on the were Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:), which rose 11.84% or 32.95 points to trade at 311.34 at the close. Meanwhile, Apple Inc (NASDAQ:) added 5.97% or 10.33 points to end at 183.36 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:) was up 2.24% or 7.50 points to 343.03 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:), which fell 1.09% or 2.97 points to trade at 270.31 at the close. American Express Company (NYSE:) declined 0.80% or 1.86 points to end at 230.64 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:) was down 0.59% or 1.13 points to 190.53.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 11.84% to 311.34, Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 7.67% to settle at 114.20 and Live Nation Entertainment Inc (NYSE:) which gained 7.23% to close at 94.65.
The worst performers were Expedia Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 15.25% to 115.33 in late trade, Fortinet Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 9.69% to settle at 58.88 and Paramount Global Class B (NASDAQ:) which was down 7.03% to 12.88 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Beneficient (NASDAQ:) which rose 255.21% to 6.82, Safe & Green Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:) which was up 89.08% to settle at 5.54 and Arteris Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 38.45% to close at 8.21.
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The worst performers were Mobilehealth Network Solutions (NASDAQ:) which was down 84.64% to 3.39 in late trade, Sprout Social Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 40.15% to settle at 28.82 and Uniti Group Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 26.37% to 4.44 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2066 to 774 and 63 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2090 rose and 1283 declined, while 111 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mobilehealth Network Solutions (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 84.64% or 18.68 to 3.39. Shares in Sprout Social Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to 3-years lows; falling 40.15% or 19.33 to 28.82. Shares in Arteris Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 38.45% or 2.28 to 8.21.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 8.11% to 13.49 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.01% or 0.25 to $2,309.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.17% or 0.92 to hit $78.03 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.97% or 0.81 to trade at $82.86 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.38% to 1.08, while USD/JPY fell 0.47% to 152.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 104.94.