The US stock market closed trading on Friday with a growth influenced by strengthening of oil and gas, raw materials and health care sectors.
At the close on the New York Stock Exchange, Dow Jones rose 1.23%, the S&P 500 rose 1.43%, and NASDAQ Composite Index rose 1.74%.
The leaders of growth among the components of the Dow Jones index at the end of trade were the shares of Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX), which went up by 3.21 p. (4.10%) and closed at around 81.55. Quotes of Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) increased by 1.24 p. (3.89%), ending the trading at 33.08. Shares of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) rose 1.82 p. (2.46%), closing at 75.88.
Leaders of falling were shares of Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE: VZ), price of which fell 0.12 p. (0.28%), ending the session at around 42.84. Shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM) fell 0.17 p. (0.28%) to close at 60.81, and Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ: CSCO) rose 0.01 p. (0.04%) and closed trading at around 25.74.
The leaders of growth among the S&P 500 components at the end of Friday trading were the shares of Wynn Resorts Limited (NASDAQ: WYNN), which went up by 22.73% to reach 63.47, Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE: MUR), which got 9.56 %, to close at 25.91, and shares of Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK), which rose 9.43%, ending the session at around 7.89.
Leaders of falling were shares of CME Group Inc (NASDAQ: CME), which fell in price by 3.42%, closing at 90.57. Shares of The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW) lost 3.33% and ended the session at 27.60. Quotes of Realty Income Corporation (NYSE: O) fell 2.85% to reach 46.00.
The leaders of growth among the components of the NASDAQ Composite Index at the end of trading were the shares of Medical Tra (NASDAQ: MTBC), which went up by 60.65% to reach 1.99, Lincoln Educational Services (NASDAQ: LINC), which gained 51.89%, to close at 0.81, and shares of Spherix Incorporated (NASDAQ: SPEX), which increased by 54.10% and closed the session at around 0.470.
Leaders of falling were shares of Amicus Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: FOLD), which fell in price by 53.53% to close at 6.39. The shares of Tantech Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ: TANH) lost 17.81% and closed the session at 10.38. Quotes of Horsehead Holding Corp (NASDAQ: ZINC) fell in price by 17.79% to reach 2.45.
On the New York Stock Exchange, the number of rising securities (2028) exceeded the number closed in the red (504), and quotes of 1 share remained virtually unchanged. On the NASDAQ stock market, quotes of 1723 companies rose, 809 fell, and 45 remained at the previous close.
Meanwhile EUR/USD rose 0.18% to 1.1216, and USD/JPY increased by 0.04%, reaching 119.97.
USD Index fell 0.31% to 96.04.