U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 1.26%

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

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.26%, while the S&P 500 index gained 1.44%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 1.74%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD), which rose 3.41% or 9.73 points to trade at 295.09 at the close. Meanwhile, 3M Company (NYSE:MMM) added 2.27% or 2.33 points to end at 105.11 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) was up 2.07% or 2.49 points to 122.59 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), which fell 0.14% or 0.05 points to trade at 34.58 at the close. Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) added 0.10% or 0.25 points to end at 241.75 and Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) was up 0.29% or 0.18 points to 62.03.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Align Technology Inc (NASDAQ:ALGN) which rose 7.15% to 334.14, Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) which was up 6.24% to settle at 207.46 and ServiceNow Inc (NYSE:NOW) which gained 5.58% to close at 464.18.

The worst performers were Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) which was down 4.36% to 60.34 in late trade, Generac Holdings Inc (NYSE:GNRC) which lost 3.55% to settle at 108.00 and Signature Bank (OTC:SBNY) which was down 3.05% to 0.18 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Y mAbs Therapeutics (NASDAQ:YMAB) which rose 52.28% to 5.01, Guardforce AI Co Ltd (NASDAQ:GFAI) which was up 50.32% to settle at 7.08 and Eastside Distilling Inc (NASDAQ:EAST) which gained 45.11% to close at 0.35.

The worst performers were Gorilla Technology Group Inc (NASDAQ:GRRR) which was down 59.29% to 4.80 in late trade, G Medical Innovations Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:GMVD) which lost 45.18% to settle at 0.91 and Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:VORB) which was down 41.19% to 0.20 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2473 to 529 and 65 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2582 rose and 1043 declined, while 135 ended unchanged.

Shares in G Medical Innovations Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:GMVD) fell to all time lows; falling 45.18% or 0.75 to 0.91. Shares in Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:VORB) fell to all time lows; falling 41.19% or 0.14 to 0.20.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 1.68% to 18.70.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.52% or 10.35 to $1,987.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.59% or 1.18 to hit $75.55 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.50% or 1.18 to trade at $79.78 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.55% to 1.08, while USD/JPY rose 0.07% to 132.74.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 102.27.