United States shares higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.28%

Investing.com – United States equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Dow Jones Health Care, Dow Jones Utilities and Dow Jones Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.28%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.40%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.39%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which rose 3.32% or 6.68 points to trade at 208.18 at the close. NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) added 3.25% or 4.38 points to end at 139.19 and Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) was up 1.85% or 5.14 points to 283.54 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM), which fell 3.28% or 9.05 points to trade at 266.98 in late trade. International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) declined 0.60% or 1.55 points to end at 258.69 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) down 0.59% or 3.58 points to 604.86.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Nordson Corporation (NASDAQ:NDSN) which rose 6.80% to 209.06, Biogen Inc (NASDAQ:BIIB) which was up 4.09% to settle at 132.75 and Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE:FICO) which gained 4.02% to close at 1,685.00.

The worst performers were HP Inc (NYSE:HPQ) which was down 8.29% to 24.95 in late trade, Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE:BBY) which lost 7.27% to settle at 66.32 and Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET) which was down 6.92% to 86.37 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Sharplink Gaming Ltd (NASDAQ:SBET) which rose 174.35% to 80.00, Harvard Bioscience Inc (NASDAQ:HBIO) which was up 135.74% to settle at 0.67 and Streamline Health Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:STRM) which gained 133.33% to close at 5.18.

The worst performers were eLong Power Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:ELPW) which was down 59.14% to 1.43 in late trade, Brooge Energy Ltd (NASDAQ:BROG) which lost 57.18% to settle at 1.82 and Revelation Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:REVB) which was down 54.64% to 0.88 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 1835 to 913 and 87 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1893 rose and 1409 declined, while 139 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

Shares in Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.32% or 6.68 to 208.18. Shares in Sharplink Gaming Ltd (NASDAQ:SBET) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 174.35% or 50.84 to 80.00. Shares in Revelation Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:REVB) fell to all time lows; falling 54.64% or 1.06 to 0.88.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.67% to 19.18.

Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.58% or 19.29 to $3,341.69 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.44% or 0.89 to hit $60.95 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.46% or 0.94 to trade at $63.38 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.66% to 1.14, while USD/JPY fell 0.43% to 144.19.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 99.30.