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 added 0.17%, while the index added 0.80%, and the index added 1.37%.

The best performers of the session on the were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:), which rose 7.16% or 1.53 points to trade at 22.91 at the close. Meanwhile, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:) added 2.13% or 0.88 points to end at 42.15 and Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:) was up 1.17% or 0.56 points to 48.26 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:), which fell 1.67% or 1.76 points to trade at 103.87 at the close. Nike Inc (NYSE:) declined 1.10% or 1.28 points to end at 114.83 and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:) was down 0.82% or 1.29 points to 155.33.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 9.89% to 128.37, Kenvue Inc (NYSE:) which was up 7.32% to settle at 20.81 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 7.16% to close at 22.91.

The worst performers were O’Reilly Automotive Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 3.20% to 953.71 in late trade, Hess Corporation (NYSE:) which lost 3.01% to settle at 132.18 and AutoZone Inc (NYSE:) which was down 2.87% to 2,632.81 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Solid Biosciences LLC (NASDAQ:) which rose 68.42% to 5.76, Cyngn Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 64.00% to settle at 0.40 and Satellogic V Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 45.63% to close at 2.33.

The worst performers were Golden Heaven Group Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was down 88.99% to 2.32 in late trade, MicroAlgo Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 78.60% to settle at 2.05 and Troika Media Group Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 71.85% to 0.54 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1893 to 1020 and 68 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2072 rose and 1393 declined, while 105 ended unchanged.

Shares in Golden Heaven Group Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; down 88.99% or 18.76 to 2.32. Shares in Troika Media Group Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 71.85% or 1.37 to 0.54.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.69% to 13.06.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.12% or 2.55 to $2,045.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.40% or 0.28 to hit $69.66 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.19% or 0.14 to trade at $74.44 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.27% to 1.08, while USD/JPY fell 2.22% to 144.04.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 103.62.