U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 1.14%

Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 1.14% to hit a new 1-month high, while the S&P 500 index added 1.33%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 1.99%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which rose 3.41% or 5.46 points to trade at 165.56 at the close. Meanwhile, Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) added 2.96% or 2.90 points to end at 100.84 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) was up 2.25% or 2.78 points to 126.44 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM), which fell 0.47% or 0.60 points to trade at 127.94 at the close. The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV) declined 0.39% or 0.67 points to end at 173.17 and Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) was up 0.05% or 0.03 points to 56.92.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were SolarEdge Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:SEDG) which rose 7.70% to 306.89, Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:ENPH) which was up 6.97% to settle at 209.69 and Signature Bank (OTC:SBNY) which gained 6.60% to close at 0.16.

The worst performers were Progressive Corp (NYSE:PGR) which was down 6.63% to 138.33 in late trade, Lumen Technologies Inc (NYSE:LUMN) which lost 4.47% to settle at 2.35 and Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ:WDC) which was down 2.95% to 36.88 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were CXApp Inc (NASDAQ:CXAI) which rose 345.63% to 7.13, Inpixon (NASDAQ:INPX) which was up 128.43% to settle at 0.72 and SAB Biotherapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:SABS) which gained 97.58% to close at 0.76.

The worst performers were GlucoTrack Inc (NASDAQ:GCTK) which was down 49.26% to 1.37 in late trade, ViewRay Inc (NASDAQ:VRAY) which lost 39.20% to settle at 1.83 and Altamira Therapeutics Ltd (NASDAQ:CYTO) which was down 36.67% to 1.33 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2092 to 862 and 86 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2597 rose and 1019 declined, while 133 ended unchanged.

Shares in Lumen Technologies Inc (NYSE:LUMN) fell to 5-year lows; falling 4.47% or 0.11 to 2.35. Shares in ViewRay Inc (NASDAQ:VRAY) fell to 52-week lows; down 39.20% or 1.18 to 1.83.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 6.76% to 17.80 a new 52-week low.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.46% or 29.55 to $2,054.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.12% or 0.93 to hit $82.33 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.21% or 1.06 to trade at $86.27 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.54% to 1.10, while USD/JPY fell 0.36% to 132.65.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 100.68.