Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Friday,can ethereum reach k as gains in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.72%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.54%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.64%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were  Caterpillar  Inc (NYSE:CAT), which rose 1.69% or 5.73 points to trade at 345.31 at the close. Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) added 1.59% or 3.72 points to end at 237.83 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) was up 1.55% or 0.30 points to 19.66 in late trade.

Biggest losers included  Boeing Co  (NYSE:BA), which lost 3.69% or 6.00 points to trade at 156.77 in late trade. JPMorgan Chase&Co (NYSE:JPM) declined 1.10% or 2.28 points to end at 204.32 and Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) shed 0.27% or 0.51 points to 186.49.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Warner Bros Discovery Inc (NASDAQ:WBD) which rose 10.84% to 8.49, VF Corporation (NYSE:VFC) which was up 8.47% to settle at 18.70 and  Etsy Inc  (NASDAQ:ETSY) which gained 7.56% to close at 55.65.

The worst performers were Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:ADBE) which was down 8.47% to 536.87 in late trade,  Garmin Ltd  (NYSE:GRMN) which lost 5.14% to settle at 172.66 and Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) which was down 3.69% to 156.77 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were  Yunji Inc  (NASDAQ:YJ) which rose 348.04% to 2.15,  Nova Vision Acquisition  Corp (NASDAQ:NOVV) which was up 200.08% to settle at 37.00 and SMX Security Matters Ord Shs Class A (NASDAQ:SMX) which gained 139.96% to close at 5.88.

The worst performers were  Garden Stage Ltd  (NASDAQ:GSIW) which was down 75.49% to 2.99 in late trade,  Universe Pharmaceuticals  Inc (NASDAQ:UPC) which lost 67.43% to settle at 0.54 and  Vision Marine Technologies  Inc (NASDAQ:VMAR) which was down 47.32% to 0.78 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2286 to 555 and 64 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2472 rose and 839 declined, while 115 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 2.99% to 16.56.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.08% or 27.95 to $2,608.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.36% or 0.25 to hit $69.22 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.18% or 0.13 to trade at $72.10 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.11, while USD/JPY fell 0.60% to 140.94.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 101.14.