U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 1.14%

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 added 1.14% to hit a new 1-month high, while the index added 1.33%, and the index gained 1.99%.

The best performers of the session on the were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:), which rose 3.41% or 5.46 points to trade at 165.56 at the close. Meanwhile, Walt Disney Company (NYSE:) added 2.96% or 2.90 points to end at 100.84 and Nike Inc (NYSE:) was up 2.25% or 2.78 points to 126.44 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were International Business Machines (NYSE:), which fell 0.47% or 0.60 points to trade at 127.94 at the close. The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:) declined 0.39% or 0.67 points to end at 173.17 and Dow Inc (NYSE:) was up 0.05% or 0.03 points to 56.92.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were SolarEdge Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 7.70% to 306.89, Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 6.97% to settle at 209.69 and Signature Bank (OTC:) which gained 6.60% to close at 0.16.

The worst performers were Progressive Corp (NYSE:) which was down 6.63% to 138.33 in late trade, Lumen Technologies Inc (NYSE:) which lost 4.47% to settle at 2.35 and Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ:) which was down 2.95% to 36.88 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were CXApp Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 345.63% to 7.13, Inpixon (NASDAQ:) which was up 128.43% to settle at 0.72 and SAB Biotherapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 97.58% to close at 0.76.

The worst performers were GlucoTrack Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 49.26% to 1.37 in late trade, ViewRay Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 39.20% to settle at 1.83 and Altamira Therapeutics Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was down 36.67% to 1.33 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2092 to 862 and 86 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2597 rose and 1019 declined, while 133 ended unchanged.

Shares in Lumen Technologies Inc (NYSE:) fell to 5-year lows; falling 4.47% or 0.11 to 2.35. Shares in ViewRay Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to 52-week lows; down 39.20% or 1.18 to 1.83.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 6.76% to 17.80 a new 52-week low.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.46% or 29.55 to $2,054.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.12% or 0.93 to hit $82.33 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.21% or 1.06 to trade at $86.27 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.54% to 1.10, while USD/JPY fell 0.36% to 132.65.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 100.68.