U.S. shares higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.87% By Investing.com

Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in NYSE, the added 0.87%, while the index added 1.03%, and the index added 1.26%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:), which rose 2.88% or 1.32 points to trade at 47.08 at the close. Salesforce Inc (NYSE:) added 2.69% or 7.00 points to end at 267.25 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:) was up 2.60% or 0.66 points to 26.06 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:), which lost 0.20% or 0.10 points to trade at 49.70 in late trade. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:) declined 0.08% or 0.15 points to end at 194.68 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:) gained 0.09% or 0.31 points to 348.97.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 8.63% to 85.48, VF Corporation (NYSE:) which was up 7.08% to settle at 19.21 and Cintas Corporation (NASDAQ:) which gained 6.55% to close at 589.95.

The worst performers were Paychex Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 7.01% to 118.90 in late trade, Paramount Global Class B (NASDAQ:) which lost 2.77% to settle at 15.07 and WestRock Co (NYSE:) which was down 2.42% to 41.88 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Lottery.com Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 195.97% to 3.67, Infrared Cameras Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 88.55% to settle at 4.94 and Mullen Automotive Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 78.13% to close at 14.25.

The worst performers were Nogin Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 45.58% to 0.06 in late trade, Revelstone Capital Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:) which lost 41.72% to settle at 6.30 and Clene Inc. (NASDAQ:) which was down 38.84% to 0.32 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2334 to 565 and 63 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2520 rose and 924 declined, while 113 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.15% to 13.65.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.43% or 8.75 to $2,056.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.30% or 0.22 to hit $74.00 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.29% or 0.23 to trade at $79.47 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.62% to 1.10, while USD/JPY fell 0.92% to 142.24.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.60% at 101.43.