Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Utilities and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.14%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.79%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 1.38%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN), which rose 2.48% or 5.49 points to trade at 226.76 at the close. Meanwhile, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) added 1.80% or 3.07 points to end at 174.01 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was up 1.65% or 7.86 points to 483.98 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), which fell 1.55% or 2.29 points to trade at 145.52 at the close. Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) declined 1.22% or 1.82 points to end at 147.70 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) was down 1.15% or 0.47 points to 40.41.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) which rose 10.17% to 248.46, Lam Research Corp (NASDAQ:LRCX) which was up 6.23% to settle at 164.64 and Constellation Energy Corp (NASDAQ:CEG) which gained 5.89% to close at 361.05.
The worst performers were ServiceNow Inc (NYSE:NOW) which was down 80.40% to 153.38 in late trade, FactSet Research Systems Inc (NYSE:FDS) which lost 7.68% to settle at 273.39 and Generac Holdings Inc (NYSE:GNRC) which was down 5.41% to 136.99 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Aimei Health Technology Co Ltd (NASDAQ:AFJK) which rose 100.81% to 52.23, Athira Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:ATHA) which was up 62.32% to settle at 6.72 and Zeta Network Group (NASDAQ:ZNB) which gained 54.20% to close at 1.01.
The worst performers were Vision Marine Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:VMAR) which was down 51.96% to 0.24 in late trade, Pyxis Oncology Inc (NASDAQ:PYXS) which lost 48.66% to settle at 1.73 and Gain Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:GANX) which was down 44.69% to 2.24 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1626 to 1127 and 84 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1917 rose and 1429 declined, while 183 ended unchanged.
Shares in Vision Marine Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:VMAR) fell to all time lows; losing 51.96% or 0.26 to 0.24. Shares in Athira Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:ATHA) rose to 52-week highs; up 62.32% or 2.58 to 6.72.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.37% to 16.85.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.23% or 10.10 to $4,363.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.25% or 0.14 to hit $55.95 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.15% or 0.09 to trade at $59.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.14% to 1.17, while USD/JPY fell 0.03% to 155.59.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 98.11.
