U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.61% By Investing.com

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 0.61%, while the index added 0.66%, and the index gained 0.60%.

The best performers of the session on the were Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:), which rose 2.36% or 3.62 points to trade at 156.90 at the close. Meanwhile, JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:) added 2.33% or 2.70 points to end at 118.60 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:) was up 1.46% or 4.82 points to 335.38 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were 3M Company (NYSE:), which fell 1.06% or 1.28 points to trade at 119.27 at the close. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:) declined 0.97% or 1.51 points to end at 154.45 and Honeywell International Inc (NASDAQ:) was down 0.67% or 1.27 points to 187.82.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 18.85% to 708.85, Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc (NYSE:) which was up 7.89% to settle at 30.62 and Invesco Plc (NYSE:) which gained 4.77% to close at 17.36.

The worst performers were McCormick & Company Incorporated (NYSE:) which was down 6.71% to 79.30 in late trade, Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:) which lost 3.38% to settle at 36.06 and Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:) which was down 2.98% to 47.84 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were ShiftPixy Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 176.54% to 31.00, Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 51.01% to settle at 27.03 and Rubius Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 48.58% to close at 1.29.

The worst performers were Troika Media Group Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 26.83% to 0.48 in late trade, Ensysce Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 17.71% to settle at 0.33 and Biophytis (NASDAQ:) which was down 17.67% to 0.91 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1761 to 1332 and 132 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2272 rose and 1499 declined, while 247 ended unchanged.

Shares in Ensysce Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 17.71% or 0.07 to 0.33.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.18% to 23.61.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.47% or 8.15 to $1,719.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.99% or 0.81 to hit $82.75 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.59% or 0.52 to trade at $88.52 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 1.00, while USD/JPY rose 0.25% to 144.05.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 109.64.