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 1.76%, while the index added 2.30%, and the index added 2.86%.
The best performers of the session on the were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:), which rose 7.90% or 1.50 points to trade at 20.49 at the close. Meanwhile, Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:) added 3.90% or 12.19 points to end at 324.69 and Salesforce Inc (NYSE:) was up 3.78% or 9.08 points to 249.12 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Walt Disney Company (NYSE:), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 85.96 at the close. Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:) added 0.03% or 0.16 points to end at 566.24 and Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:) was up 0.39% or 0.27 points to 68.73.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Monolithic Power Systems Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 11.42% to 843.52, Parker-Hannifin Corporation (NYSE:) which was up 10.84% to settle at 568.08 and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:) which gained 9.48% to close at 845.31.
The worst performers were McKesson Corporation (NYSE:) which was down 11.34% to 547.51 in late trade, Monster Beverage Corp (NASDAQ:) which lost 10.93% to settle at 45.01 and Warner Bros Discovery Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 8.95% to 7.02 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Sunshine Biopharma Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 1,847.18% to 2.97, Digital Turbine Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 61.80% to settle at 2.88 and Harrow Health Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 54.32% to close at 33.92.
The worst performers were Outset Medical Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 68.53% to 1.07 in late trade, Entero Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 61.85% to settle at 0.24 and Toughbuilt Industries Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 59.96% to 2.17 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2264 to 597 and 57 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2466 rose and 888 declined, while 103 ended unchanged.
Shares in Monster Beverage Corp (NASDAQ:) fell to 52-week lows; losing 10.93% or 5.53 to 45.01. Shares in Outset Medical Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 68.53% or 2.33 to 1.07. Shares in Entero Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 61.85% or 0.39 to 0.24. Shares in Harrow Health Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to 5-year highs; rising 54.32% or 11.94 to 33.92.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 14.58% to 23.79.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.33% or 32.35 to $2,464.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.20% or 0.90 to hit $76.13 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.97% or 0.76 to trade at $79.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.03% to 1.09, while USD/JPY rose 0.35% to 147.21.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 103.03.
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