Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology , Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 1.23%, while the S&P 500 index added 2.03%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 2.74%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Salesforce Inc (NYSE: CRM ), which rose 5.63% or 14.10 points to trade at 264.58 at the close. Meanwhile, Caterpillar Inc (NYSE: CAT ) added 3.75% or 11.09 points to end at 306.86 and NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA ) was up 3.57% or 3.67 points to 106.38 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM ), which fell 6.58% or 16.15 points to trade at 229.33 at the close. Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG ) declined 3.74% or 6.20 points to end at 159.53 and Coca-Cola Co (NYSE: KO ) was down 1.06% or 0.78 points to 72.52.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were ServiceNow Inc (NYSE: NOW ) which rose 15.49% to 938.57, Hasbro Inc (NASDAQ: HAS ) which was up 14.54% to settle at 60.35 and Microchip Technology Inc (NASDAQ: MCHP ) which gained 12.33% to close at 47.10.
The worst performers were Fiserv Inc (NYSE: FI ) which was down 18.52% to 176.89 in late trade, LKQ Corporation (NASDAQ: LKQ ) which lost 11.56% to settle at 37.26 and Tyler Technologies Inc (NYSE: TYL ) which was down 6.81% to 530.50 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc (NASDAQ: OMEX ) which rose 100.87% to 0.86, Cantor Equity Partners Class A (NASDAQ: CEP ) which was up 50.30% to settle at 24.80 and TMC the metals company Inc (NASDAQ: TMC ) which gained 44.71% to close at 3.69.
The worst performers were Greenlane Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: GNLN ) which was down 93.89% to 0.02 in late trade, Jiuzi Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: JZXN ) which lost 68.11% to settle at 2.36 and Ocean Biomedical Inc (OTC: OCEA ) which was down 52.20% to 0.01 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2319 to 475 and 53 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2490 rose and 830 declined, while 103 ended unchanged.
Shares in Greenlane Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: GNLN ) fell to all time lows; losing 93.89% or 0.23 to 0.02. Shares in Cantor Equity Partners Class A (NASDAQ: CEP ) rose to all time highs; gaining 50.30% or 8.30 to 24.80. Shares in TMC the metals company Inc (NASDAQ: TMC ) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 44.71% or 1.14 to 3.69. Shares in Ocean Biomedical Inc (OTC: OCEA ) fell to all time lows; losing 52.20% or 0.01 to 0.01.
The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 6.92% to 26.48.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.84% or 60.62 to $3,354.72 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.75% or 0.47 to hit $62.74 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.54% or 0.36 to trade at $66.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.71% to 1.14, while USD/JPY fell 0.56% to 142.58.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.62% at 99.02.