© Reuters U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 1.09%
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 1.09% to hit a new 1-month high, while the index added 0.75%, and the index gained 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the were Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:), which rose 3.80% or 14.87 points to trade at 406.07 at the close. Meanwhile, Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:) added 2.58% or 5.81 points to end at 230.99 and American Express Company (NYSE:) was up 2.51% or 4.30 points to 175.81 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:), which fell 3.64% or 1.85 points to trade at 48.92 at the close. McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:) declined 0.94% or 2.30 points to end at 242.25 and Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:) was down 0.72% or 0.40 points to 55.25.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were JB Hunt Transport Services Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 8.74% to 190.55, Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:) which was up 6.78% to settle at 48.38 and Halliburton Company (NYSE:) which gained 4.88% to close at 26.01.
The worst performers were WestRock Co (NYSE:) which was down 5.58% to 46.57 in late trade, International Paper (NYSE:) which lost 4.53% to settle at 53.28 and Packaging Corp of America (NYSE:) which was down 3.88% to 133.71 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were LM Funding America Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 38.08% to 4.750, Waitr Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 37.86% to settle at 1.4200 and Jasper Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 31.57% to close at 16.420.
The worst performers were Duck Creek Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 24.42% to 34.94 in late trade, Very Good Food Company Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 21.40% to settle at 1.80 and Lucid Diagnostics Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 20.49% to 9.35 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 0 to 0; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 0 fell and 0 advanced.
Shares in JB Hunt Transport Services Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to all time highs; up 8.74% or 15.31 to 190.55. Shares in Halliburton Company (NYSE:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.88% or 1.21 to 26.01. Shares in Duck Creek Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; down 24.42% or 11.29 to 34.94. Shares in Jasper Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to all time highs; rising 31.57% or 3.940 to 16.420. Shares in Lucid Diagnostics Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 20.49% or 2.41 to 9.35.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 3.32% to 16.30 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.65% or 29.70 to $1768.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $81.73 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.00% or 0.84 to trade at $84.84 a…
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