U.S. shares higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.80%

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U.S. shares higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.80%
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Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology , Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.80%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 1.17%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 2.05%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE: CRM ), which rose 3.96% or 8.33 points to trade at 218.74 at the close. Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE ) added 2.98% or 3.80 points to end at 131.21 and Visa Inc Class A (NYSE: V ) was up 2.65% or 5.65 points to 219.10 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE: VZ ), which lost 2.39% or 1.25 points to trade at 51.11 in late trade. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ ) declined 1.11% or 1.97 points to end at 174.83 and Dow Inc (NYSE: DOW ) shed 0.67% or 0.42 points to 62.42.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Match Group Inc (NASDAQ: MTCH ) which rose 7.80% to 102.69, EPAM Systems Inc (NYSE: EPAM ) which was up 7.76% to settle at 294.38 and HP Inc (NYSE: HPQ ) which gained 7.55% to close at 37.09.

The worst performers were FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX ) which was down 3.97% to 218.93 in late trade, Cincinnati Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: CINF ) which lost 3.27% to settle at 127.94 and Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY ) which was down 3.05% to 56.24 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Connect Biopharma Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ: CNTB ) which rose 54.21% to 4.95, Rezolute Inc (NASDAQ: RZLT ) which was up 52.42% to settle at 4.10 and Redbox Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ: RDBX ) which gained 50.28% to close at 2.69.

The worst performers were Bt Brands Inc (NASDAQ: BTBD ) which was down 39.22% to 1.55 in late trade, Neptune Wellness Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: NEPT ) which lost 31.63% to settle at 0.21 and Nymox Pharmaceutical Corp (NASDAQ: NYMX ) which was down 28.57% to 1.35 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2099 to 1086 and 99 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2592 rose and 1223 declined, while 148 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 7.01% to 23.87 a new 1-month low.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.26% or 24.55 to $1,918.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.84% or 1.89 to hit $104.87 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.14% or 1.22 to trade at $107.86 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.37% to 1.10, while USD/JPY rose 0.46% to 119.14.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 98.22.

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