Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare , Utilities and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.28%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.40%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE: BA ), which rose 3.32% or 6.68 points to trade at 208.18 at the close. Meanwhile, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA ) added 3.25% or 4.38 points to end at 139.19 and Amgen Inc (NASDAQ: AMGN ) was up 1.85% or 5.14 points to 283.54 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Salesforce Inc (NYSE: CRM ), which fell 3.28% or 9.05 points to trade at 266.98 at the close. International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM ) declined 0.60% or 1.55 points to end at 258.69 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS ) was down 0.59% or 3.58 points to 604.86.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Nordson Corporation (NASDAQ: NDSN ) which rose 6.80% to 209.06, Biogen Inc (NASDAQ: BIIB ) which was up 4.09% to settle at 132.75 and Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE: FICO ) which gained 4.02% to close at 1,685.00.
The worst performers were HP Inc (NYSE: HPQ ) which was down 8.29% to 24.95 in late trade, Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE: BBY ) which lost 7.27% to settle at 66.32 and Arista Networks (NYSE: ANET ) which was down 6.92% to 86.37 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Sharplink Gaming Ltd (NASDAQ: SBET ) which rose 174.35% to 80.00, Harvard Bioscience Inc (NASDAQ: HBIO ) which was up 135.74% to settle at 0.67 and Streamline Health Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: STRM ) which gained 133.33% to close at 5.18.
The worst performers were eLong Power Holding Ltd (NASDAQ: ELPW ) which was down 59.14% to 1.43 in late trade, Brooge Energy Ltd (NASDAQ: BROG ) which lost 57.18% to settle at 1.82 and Revelation Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ: REVB ) which was down 54.64% to 0.88 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1835 to 913 and 87 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1893 rose and 1409 declined, while 139 ended unchanged.
Shares in Boeing Co (NYSE: BA ) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.32% or 6.68 to 208.18. Shares in Sharplink Gaming Ltd (NASDAQ: SBET ) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 174.35% or 50.84 to 80.00. Shares in Revelation Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ: REVB ) fell to all time lows; losing 54.64% or 1.06 to 0.88.
The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.67% to 19.18.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.57% or 19.09 to $3,341.49 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.46% or 0.90 to hit $60.94 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.46% or 0.94 to trade at $63.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.64% to 1.14, while USD/JPY fell 0.41% to 144.21.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 99.31.