Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.05%, while the S&P 500 index added 1.03%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 1.20%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM), which rose 2.76% or 7.37 points to trade at 274.51 at the close. Meanwhile, Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) added 2.71% or 5.64 points to end at 213.55 and Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH) was up 2.47% or 7.30 points to 303.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD), which fell 0.53% or 1.95 points to trade at 367.33 at the close. McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) declined 0.52% or 1.62 points to end at 307.36 and 3M Company (NYSE:MMM) was down 0.52% or 0.76 points to 145.50.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Palantir Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:PLTR) which rose 6.48% to 127.68, Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA) which was up 5.13% to settle at 27.46 and United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UAL) which gained 4.82% to close at 84.22.
The worst performers were Lululemon Athletica Inc (NASDAQ:LULU) which was down 19.80% to 265.27 in late trade, Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO) which lost 5.02% to settle at 246.89 and The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) which was down 4.51% to 34.76 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Phathom Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:PHAT) which rose 90.41% to 8.93, China SXT Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:SXTC) which was up 55.97% to settle at 2.09 and Eyenovia Inc (NASDAQ:EYEN) which gained 55.41% to close at 4.88.
The worst performers were Marwynn Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:MWYN) which was down 71.04% to 2.86 in late trade, EPWK Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:EPWK) which lost 62.57% to settle at 0.63 and Ohmyhome Ltd (NASDAQ:OMH) which was down 43.07% to 0.60 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1945 to 817 and 81 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2432 rose and 867 declined, while 145 ended unchanged.
Shares in Marwynn Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:MWYN) fell to all time lows; falling 71.04% or 7.01 to 2.86. Shares in EPWK Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:EPWK) fell to all time lows; losing 62.57% or 1.05 to 0.63. Shares in Ohmyhome Ltd (NASDAQ:OMH) fell to all time lows; losing 43.07% or 0.46 to 0.60.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 9.25% to 16.77 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.24% or 41.98 to $3,333.12 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.18% or 1.38 to hit $64.75 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.91% or 1.25 to trade at $66.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.42% to 1.14, while USD/JPY rose 0.96% to 144.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 99.15.








