Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods , Technology and Industrials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.80%, while the S&P 500 index added 1.26%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 1.75%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA ), which rose 4.43% or 6.12 points to trade at 144.43 at the close. Meanwhile, Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN ) added 1.79% or 3.94 points to end at 224.16 and Unitedhealth Group (NYSE: UNH ) was up 1.68% or 8.49 points to 513.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Boeing Co (NYSE: BA ), which fell 1.15% or 1.97 points to trade at 169.90 at the close. Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG ) declined 0.51% or 0.85 points to end at 165.13 and Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE ) was down 0.49% or 0.36 points to 73.31.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ: SMCI ) which rose 10.92% to 33.33, Vistra Energy Corp (NYSE: VST ) which was up 8.49% to settle at 162.36 and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA ) which gained 8.22% to close at 410.44.

The worst performers were Dollar Tree Inc (NASDAQ: DLTR ) which was down 4.07% to 73.36 in late trade, Molson Coors Brewing Co Class B (NYSE: TAP ) which lost 3.37% to settle at 55.27 and Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE ) which was down 3.35% to 66.13 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Focus Universal Inc (NASDAQ: FCUV ) which rose 177.57% to 0.96, N2OFF Inc (NASDAQ: NITO ) which was up 146.73% to settle at 2.64 and Cerence Inc (NASDAQ: CRNC ) which gained 143.76% to close at 19.33.

The worst performers were Ptl Inc (NASDAQ: PTLE ) which was down 39.38% to 7.39 in late trade, HWH International Inc (NASDAQ: HWH ) which lost 28.80% to settle at 0.46 and NXU Inc (NASDAQ: NXU ) which was down 23.98% to 0.71 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2059 to 738 and 57 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2441 rose and 870 declined, while 102 ended unchanged.

Shares in Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE ) fell to 3-years lows; down 3.35% or 2.29 to 66.13. Shares in N2OFF Inc (NASDAQ: NITO ) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 146.73% or 1.57 to 2.64.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 10.04% to 16.13.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.70% or 18.69 to $2,650.31 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.23% or 0.90 to hit $74.03 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.86% or 0.65 to trade at $76.58 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.41% to 1.03, while USD/JPY fell 0.07% to 157.36.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 108.78.