Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.33%, while the S&P 500 index added 2.03%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 2.66%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Apple Inc (O:AAPL), which rose 5.32% or 5.12 points to trade at 101.42 at the close. Meanwhile, Microsoft Corporation (O:MSFT) added 3.57% or 1.80 points to end at 52.28 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (N:GS) was up 3.44% or 5.21 points to 156.86 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were American Express Company (N:AXP), which fell 12.10% or 7.58 points to trade at 55.06 at the close. General Electric Company (N:GE) declined 1.22% or 0.35 points to end at 28.24 and International Business Machines (N:IBM) was down 0.33% or 0.41 points to 122.50.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Williams Companies Inc (N:WMB) which rose 23.07% to 19.74, ONEOK Inc (N:OKE) which was up 10.96% to settle at 25.10 and Kinder Morgan Inc (N:KMI) which gained 10.52% to close at 15.34.
The worst performers were American Express Company (N:AXP) which was down 12.10% to 55.06 in late trade, Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc (N:FCX) which lost 9.01% to settle at 3.94 and Ensco PLC (N:ESV) which was down 4.01% to 9.57 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were TOP SHIPS Inc (O:TOPS) which rose 58.21% to 0.301, Golar LNG Limited (O:GLNG) which was up 50.67% to settle at 17.99 and Globus Maritime Ltd (O:GLBS) which gained 52.45% to close at 0.10.
The worst performers were Cardiovascular Systems Inc (O:CSII) which was down 29.86% to 8.74 in late trade, Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc (O:HMNY) which lost 29.64% to settle at 1.400 and Ultrapetrol Ltd (O:ULTR) which was down 22.56% to 0.064 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 3009 to 412 and 1 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2141 rose and 493 declined, while 47 ended unchanged.
Shares in American Express Company (N:AXP) fell to 3-years lows; falling 12.10% or 7.58 to 55.06. Shares in American Express Company (N:AXP) fell to 3-years lows; losing 12.10% or 7.58 to 55.06. Shares in Cardiovascular Systems Inc (O:CSII) fell to 3-years lows; down 29.86% or 3.72 to 8.74.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 15.96% to 22.43.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.03% or 0.30 to $1098.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 8.89% or 2.62 to hit $32.16 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 9.71% or 2.84 to trade at $32.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.74% to 1.0795, while USD/JPY rose 0.94% to 118.81.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.50% at 99.64.