U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.82% By Investing.com

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

At the close in NYSE, the rose 0.82% to hit a new 52-week high, while the index climbed 0.59%, and the index climbed 0.55%.

The best performers of the session on the were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:), which rose 4.26% or 0.85 points to trade at 20.79 at the close. Meanwhile, Nike Inc (NYSE:) added 3.26% or 3.58 points to end at 113.48 and Salesforce Inc (NYSE:) was up 3.21% or 8.09 points to 259.99 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:), which fell 2.15% or 0.96 points to trade at 43.74 at the close. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:) declined 1.16% or 4.40 points to end at 374.51 and Walmart Inc (NYSE:) was down 0.86% or 1.34 points to 154.35.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Boston Properties Inc (NYSE:) which rose 11.15% to 63.28, Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 10.81% to settle at 472.03 and Paramount Global Class B (NASDAQ:) which gained 9.81% to close at 15.78.

The worst performers were Pfizer Inc (NYSE:) which was down 5.17% to 28.89 in late trade, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:) which lost 2.15% to settle at 43.74 and Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 1.74% to 465.74 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Neximmune Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 144.94% to 6.05, Green Giant Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 66.43% to settle at 0.31 and View Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 63.26% to close at 1.03.

The worst performers were Polar Power Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 46.34% to 0.46 in late trade, Smart for Life Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 43.57% to settle at 1.36 and Incannex Healthcare Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:) which was down 33.79% to 5.29 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2469 to 466 and 40 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2641 rose and 840 declined, while 77 ended unchanged.

Shares in Pfizer Inc (NYSE:) fell to 3-years lows; losing 5.17% or 1.58 to 28.89. Shares in Salesforce Inc (NYSE:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.21% or 8.09 to 259.99. Shares in Polar Power Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 46.34% or 0.39 to 0.46. Shares in Smart for Life Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 43.57% or 1.05 to 1.36.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 2.24% to 12.63.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.62% or 33.00 to $2,071.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.17% or 1.65 to hit $74.31 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 2.18% or 1.76 to trade at $79.10 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 1.09, while USD/JPY fell 0.91% to 146.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 103.15.