U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.55%

Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services , Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.55% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index added 1.01%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 1.10%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC ), which rose 9.49% or 1.91 points to trade at 22.04 at the close. Meanwhile, Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN ) added 3.70% or 6.36 points to end at 178.48 and International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM ) was up 1.62% or 3.23 points to 202.13 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM ), which fell 1.60% or 4.11 points to trade at 252.90 at the close. American Express Company (NYSE:AXP ) declined 0.46% or 1.20 points to end at 258.65 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL ) was down 0.34% or 0.79 points to 229.00.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC ) which rose 9.49% to 22.04, Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ:WDC ) which was up 4.06% to settle at 65.59 and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA ) which gained 3.80% to close at 214.11.

The worst performers were Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA ) which was down 4.01% to 352.85 in late trade, APA Corporation (NASDAQ:APA ) which lost 2.90% to settle at 28.49 and Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:SMCI ) which was down 2.52% to 437.51 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Agape ATP Corp (NASDAQ:ATPC ) which rose 3,103.52% to 2.55, Brenmiller Energy Ltd (NASDAQ:BNRG ) which was up 130.31% to settle at 1.55 and Focus Universal Inc (NASDAQ:FCUV ) which gained 41.38% to close at 0.27.

The worst performers were NuCana PLC (NASDAQ:NCNA ) which was down 52.65% to 3.66 in late trade, Paltalk Inc (NASDAQ:PALT ) which lost 41.21% to settle at 3.21 and HWH International Inc (NASDAQ:HWH ) which was down 29.87% to 0.54 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1838 to 970 and 103 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2004 rose and 1285 declined, while 141 ended unchanged.

Shares in International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM ) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.62% or 3.23 to 202.13.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.15% to 15.00.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.97% or 24.90 to $2,535.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 3.07% or 2.33 to hit $73.58 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 2.40% or 1.89 to trade at $76.93 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.25% to 1.10, while USD/JPY rose 0.80% to 146.14.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 101.64.

Source: Investing.com