U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.41%

Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

At the close in NYSE, the rose 0.41%, while the index climbed 0.56%, and the index gained 0.31%.

The best performers of the session on the were Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:), which rose 2.12% or 4.93 points to trade at 238.03 at the close. Meanwhile, Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:) added 2.04% or 2.93 points to end at 146.72 and Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:) was up 1.64% or 0.98 points to 60.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were American Express Company (NYSE:), which fell 1.83% or 2.98 points to trade at 159.78 at the close. Walt Disney Company (NYSE:) declined 1.83% or 1.75 points to end at 94.08 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:) was down 1.52% or 1.93 points to 124.91.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Activision Blizzard Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 5.91% to 84.39, KeyCorp (NYSE:) which was up 5.24% to settle at 11.86 and Intuitive Surgical Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 4.89% to close at 256.42.

The worst performers were Monolithic Power Systems Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 4.92% to 485.40 in late trade, Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 4.24% to settle at 195.99 and Lam Research Corp (NASDAQ:) which was down 4.11% to 502.06 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Greenbrook TMS Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 106.00% to 1.03, Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 50.06% to settle at 0.80 and Virios Therapeutics Llc (NASDAQ:) which gained 43.55% to close at 0.44.

The worst performers were Allarity Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 31.95% to 0.08 in late trade, Hyzon Motors Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 26.99% to settle at 0.73 and Summit Healthcare Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:) which was down 26.31% to 4.79 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1844 to 1139 and 106 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2026 rose and 1522 declined, while 173 ended unchanged.

Shares in Activision Blizzard Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 5.91% or 4.71 to 84.39. Shares in Allarity Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; down 31.95% or 0.04 to 0.08. Shares in Hyzon Motors Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; down 26.99% or 0.27 to 0.73. Shares in Summit Healthcare Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 26.31% or 1.71 to 4.79.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 3.85% to 21.74.

Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.75% or 14.90 to $1,981.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.09% or 0.76 to hit $69.20 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.25% or 0.95 to trade at $74.96 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.65% to 1.08, while USD/JPY fell 0.09% to 130.70.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 102.78.