Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.26%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.41%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were E I du Pont de Nemours & Co (NYSE:DD), which rose 2.98% or 2.35 points to trade at 81.14 at the close. Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) added 1.77% or 0.81 points to end at 46.69 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) was up 1.65% or 2.42 points to 148.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM), which lost 2.51% or 4.00 points to trade at 155.05 in late trade. Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) declined 0.95% or 0.52 points to end at 53.95 and Visa Inc (NYSE:V) shed 0.57% or 0.53 points to 92.09.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Transocean Ltd (NYSE:RIG) which rose 8.12% to 11.18, Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) which was up 6.43% to settle at 5.460 and CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE:CF) which gained 4.99% to close at 28.42.
The worst performers were Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) which was down 4.78% to 48.18 in late trade, International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) which lost 2.51% to settle at 155.05 and Biogen Inc (NASDAQ:BIIB) which was down 2.40% to 262.15 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Chanticleer Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:HOTR) which rose 60.40% to 0.4050, Terravia Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:TVIA) which was up 50.80% to settle at 0.407 and Data I/O Corporation (NASDAQ:DAIO) which gained 25.37% to close at 5.980.
The worst performers were First NBC Bank Holding Company (NASDAQ:FNBC) which was down 56.02% to 0.27 in late trade, Brightcove Inc (NASDAQ:BCOV) which lost 30.75% to settle at 6.03 and National CineMedia Inc (NASDAQ:NCMI) which was down 26.07% to 8.66 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2288 to 915 and 44 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1403 rose and 1092 declined, while 115 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.86% to 10.55.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.13% or 1.61 to $1230.21 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.04% or 0.93 to hit $46.45 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 2.05% or 0.99 to trade at $49.37 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.0996, while USD/JPY rose 0.08% to 112.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 98.44.