© Reuters U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.54%
Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the added 0.54%, while the index gained 0.88%, and the index added 1.35%.
The best performers of the session on the were Boeing Co (NYSE:), which rose 4.20% or 8.53 points to trade at 211.59 at the close. Meanwhile, Apple Inc (NASDAQ:) added 3.26% or 5.95 points to end at 188.63 and Walt Disney Company (NYSE:) was up 2.06% or 1.86 points to 92.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:), which fell 1.62% or 8.53 points to trade at 516.41 at the close. Chevron Corp (NYSE:) declined 0.90% or 1.29 points to end at 141.83 and American Express Company (NYSE:) was down 0.66% or 1.20 points to 179.80.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Fastenal Company (NASDAQ:) which rose 7.18% to 67.93, American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:) which was up 6.88% to settle at 13.82 and Southwest Airlines Company (NYSE:) which gained 6.79% to close at 30.02.
The worst performers were Discover Financial Services (NYSE:) which was down 10.80% to 97.00 in late trade, Humana Inc (NYSE:) which lost 7.99% to settle at 411.97 and KeyCorp (NYSE:) which was down 4.62% to 13.20 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Celularity Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 53.48% to 0.29, Phunware Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 48.89% to settle at 0.24 and Nvni Group Ltd (NASDAQ:) which gained 45.95% to close at 2.70.
The worst performers were Transcode Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 49.54% to 1.09 in late trade, Aravive Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 46.06% to settle at 0.06 and ProMIS Neurosciences Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 32.56% to 1.74 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1604 to 1272 and 62 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1716 rose and 1694 declined, while 114 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fastenal Company (NASDAQ:) rose to all time highs; gaining 7.18% or 4.55 to 67.93. Shares in Humana Inc (NYSE:) fell to 52-week lows; falling 7.99% or 35.79 to 411.97. Shares in Transcode Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 49.54% or 1.07 to 1.09. Shares in Aravive Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 46.06% or 0.05 to 0.06.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.46% to 14.13.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.92% or 18.45 to $2,024.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.03% or 1.47 to hit $73.95 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.53% or 1.19 to trade at $79.07 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 1.09, while USD/JPY fell 0.02% to 148.12.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 103.19.
