Gains in the and sectors drove shares higher at the close of business on Friday, lifting U.S. equities.
NYSE
At the NYSE close, the index increased by 0.55% and 0.59%, while the gained 0.82% to reach a new 52-week high.
The company that gained the most during the session on the was Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (NASDAQ:), which closed at 20.79, up 4.26% or 0.85 points. After closing at 113.48, Nike Inc. (NYSE:) gained 3.26% or 3.58 points, while Salesforce Inc. (NYSE:) saw a late-day gain of 3.21% or 8.09 points, closing at 259.99.
The biggest loser was Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:), which closed late trading at 43.74 after losing 2.15%, or 0.96 points. Walmart Inc. (NYSE:) lost 1.34 points, or 0.86%, to close at 154.35, while Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:) fell 1.16%, or 4.40 points, to finish at 374.51.
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Boston Properties Inc. (NYSE:), Ulta Beauty Inc. (NASDAQ:), and Paramount Global Class B (NASDAQ:) were the top performers on the S&P 500, rising 11.15%, 10.81%, and 9.81%, respectively, to close at 63.28, 472.03, and 15.78, respectively.
The three worst-performing companies were Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ:), Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:), and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:), which were down 1.74%, 2.15%, and 28.89 points, respectively, at the close.
The most successful companies on the NASDAQ Composite were View Inc. (NASDAQ:), which closed at 1.03 after gaining 63.26%, Green Giant Inc. (NASDAQ:), and Neximmune Inc. (NASDAQ:), which increased 144.94% to 6.05 on the index.
Healthcare
The three worst-performing companies were Incannex Healthcare Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:), Smart for Life Inc (NASDAQ:), and Polar Power Inc (NASDAQ:), which were down 33.79%, 46.34%, and 0.46 at the close, respectively.
On the New York Stock Exchange, 77 stocks ended unchanged, while on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2641 stocks rose and 840 declined. Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2469 to 466 and 40 ended unchanged.
The was down 2.24 percent to 12.63, the implied volatility of S&P 500 options.
In the commodities market, the December delivery of Gold Futures saw an increase of 1.62%, or 33.00, to $2,071.10 per troy ounce. While the February Brent oil contract dropped 2.18% or 1.76 to trade at $79.10 a barrel, the January delivery of crude oil fell 2.17% or 1.65 to hit $74.31 a barrel.
In contrast to USD/JPY, which dropped 0.91% to 146.85, EUR/USD remained steady at 1.09.
The US Dollar Index Futures was trading at 103.16, down 0.26%.
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