Investing.com – United States equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Dow Jones Consumer Goods, Dow Jones Telecommunications and Dow Jones Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.77%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 1.04%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 1.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), which rose 3.16% or 4.15 points to trade at 135.29 at the close. Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) added 2.10% or 1.31 points to end at 63.84 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) was up 1.97% or 4.66 points to 241.53 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK), which fell 1.46% or 1.25 points to trade at 84.42 in late trade. Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) declined 0.43% or 0.81 points to end at 185.44 and 3M Company (NYSE:MMM) down 0.10% or 0.15 points to 148.72.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM) which rose 17.46% to 40.37, Molson Coors Brewing Co Class B (NYSE:TAP) which was up 9.52% to settle at 58.54 and Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ:CZR) which gained 9.19% to close at 38.87.
The worst performers were West Pharmaceutical Services Inc (NYSE:WST) which was down 38.22% to 199.11 in late trade, Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:ZBRA) which lost 8.36% to settle at 323.42 and Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM) which was down 7.28% to 95.25 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Bolt Projects Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:BSLK) which rose 303.28% to 1.23, Moleculin Biotech Inc (NASDAQ:MBRX) which was up 202.38% to settle at 1.27 and Cloudastructure Inc (NASDAQ:CSAI) which gained 113.73% to close at 37.68.
The worst performers were RF Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:RFAC) which was down 68.60% to 2.70 in late trade, HomesToLife Ltd (NASDAQ:HTLM) which lost 56.90% to settle at 4.00 and Digital Ally Inc (NASDAQ:DGLY) which was down 43.10% to 0.09 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 2121 to 663 and 70 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2314 rose and 993 declined, while 122 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
Shares in West Pharmaceutical Services Inc (NYSE:WST) fell to 3-year lows; falling 38.22% or 123.17 to 199.11. Shares in Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.46% or 1.25 to 84.42. Shares in Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) rose to 3-year highs; up 2.10% or 1.31 to 63.84. Shares in RF Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:RFAC) fell to all time lows; falling 68.60% or 5.90 to 2.70. Shares in Cloudastructure Inc (NASDAQ:CSAI) rose to all time highs; up 113.73% or 20.05 to 37.68. Shares in Digital Ally Inc (NASDAQ:DGLY) fell to all time lows; down 43.10% or 0.07 to 0.09.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.97% to 15.10.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.01% or 29.57 to $2,958.27 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.14% or 0.10 to hit $71.47 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $75.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.75% to 1.05, while USD/JPY fell 1.00% to 152.80.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.78% at 106.98.