Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials , Oil & Gas and Technology sectors led shares higher.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 1.56%, while the S&P 500 index added 1.81%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 2.06%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL ), which rose 4.06% or 7.73 points to trade at 198.15 at the close. Meanwhile, JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM ) added 4.00% or 9.09 points to end at 236.20 and NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA ) was up 2.97% or 3.20 points to 110.77 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS ), which fell 0.40% or 0.34 points to trade at 84.89 at the close. Salesforce Inc (NYSE: CRM ) declined 0.05% or 0.14 points to end at 254.98 and Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE ) was down 0.04% or 0.02 points to 54.38.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Monolithic Power Systems Inc (NASDAQ: MPWR ) which rose 9.99% to 533.13, Newmont Goldcorp Corp (NYSE: NEM ) which was up 7.91% to settle at 54.97 and Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc (NYSE: HII ) which gained 7.39% to close at 215.74.

The worst performers were Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ: TXN ) which was down 5.75% to 147.60 in late trade, Aptiv PLC (NYSE: APTV ) which lost 3.04% to settle at 47.92 and Old Dominion Freight Line Inc (NASDAQ: ODFL ) which was down 2.95% to 152.12 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were HCW Biologics Inc (NASDAQ: HCWB ) which rose 3,646.94% to 9.18, MSP Recovery Inc (NASDAQ: MSPR ) which was up 93.67% to settle at 2.48 and Portage Biotech Inc (NASDAQ: PRTG ) which gained 70.44% to close at 8.59.

The worst performers were Innovative Eyewear Inc (NASDAQ: LUCY ) which was down 52.53% to 2.35 in late trade, XChange TECINC DRC (NASDAQ: XHG ) which lost 45.71% to settle at 0.20 and Mullen Automotive Inc (NASDAQ: MULN ) which was down 39.44% to 2.18 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2053 to 752 and 47 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2203 rose and 1105 declined, while 121 ended unchanged.

Shares in Aptiv PLC (NYSE: APTV ) fell to 5-year lows; falling 3.04% or 1.50 to 47.92. Shares in XChange TECINC DRC (NASDAQ: XHG ) fell to all time lows; down 45.71% or 0.17 to 0.20. Shares in Mullen Automotive Inc (NASDAQ: MULN ) fell to all time lows; falling 39.44% or 1.42 to 2.18.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 7.78% to 37.55.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 2.40% or 76.16 to $3,253.66 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.43% or 1.46 to hit $61.53 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.18% or 1.38 to trade at $64.71 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 1.43% to 1.13, while USD/JPY fell 0.63% to 143.58.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.96% at 99.64.