© Reuters. U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.17%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 gained 0.17%, while the index gained 0.21%, and the index gained 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the were McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:), which rose 1.64% or 3.22 points to trade at 199.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:) added 1.32% or 0.64 points to end at 49.25 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:) was up 1.13% or 0.50 points to 44.73 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:), which fell 2.32% or 1.35 points to trade at 56.83 at the close. Chevron Corp (NYSE:) declined 1.19% or 1.39 points to end at 115.38 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:) was down 1.13% or 0.58 points to 50.55.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:) which rose 7.16% to 127.00, SBA Communications Corp (NASDAQ:) which was up 4.34% to settle at 212.61 and Total System Services Inc (NYSE:) which gained 4.02% to close at 123.00.
The worst performers were PVH Corp (NYSE:) which was down 14.87% to 84.49 in late trade, Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:) which lost 4.67% to settle at 2.040 and Perrigo Company PLC (NYSE:) which was down 4.58% to 43.08 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Organovo Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 103.36% to 0.805, Obalon Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 39.82% to settle at 1.58 and SilverSun Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 34.23% to close at 3.2349.
The worst performers were Destination Maternity Corporation (NASDAQ:) which was down 22.32% to 1.27 in late trade, Zafgen Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 20.08% to settle at 1.91 and Digimarc Corporation (NASDAQ:) which was down 18.32% to 52.91 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1546 to 1437 and 107 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1395 fell and 1244 advanced, while 99 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:) rose to all time highs; up 7.16% or 8.49 to 127.00. Shares in PVH Corp (NYSE:) fell to 3-years lows; falling 14.87% or 14.76 to 84.49. Shares in SBA Communications Corp (NASDAQ:) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.34% or 8.84 to 212.61. Shares in Total System Services Inc (NYSE:) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.02% or 4.75 to 123.00. Shares in Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to 5-year lows; falling 1.13% or 0.58 to 50.55. Shares in Destination Maternity Corporation (NASDAQ:) fell to 52-week lows; down 22.32% or 0.36 to 1.27. Shares in Zafgen Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; down 20.08% or 0.48 to 1.91.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 3.35% to 17.30.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.54% or 6.90 to $1287.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 4.08% or 2.40 to hit $56.41 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $65.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.00% to 1.1130, while USD/JPY rose 0.00% to 109.61.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 98.080.
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