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

The index rose 1.09%, hitting a new 1-month peak, while adding 0.75% to the index and gaining 0.50%.

These were the best performers of the session Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE 🙂 rose 3.80%, or 14.87 points, to trade at 406.07 at the closing. In the meantime, Visa Inc To reach 230.99, Class A (NYSE 🙂 gained 2.58% or 5.81 point. American Express Late trade saw Company (NYSE:), up 2.5% or 4.30 points, to 175.81

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc, NASDAQ: was the worst performer of the session. It fell 3.64% (or 1.85 points) to close at 48.92. McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:) declined 0.94% or 2.30 points to end at 242.25 and Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:) was down 0.72% or 0.40 points to 55.25.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were JB Hunt Transport Services Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 8.74% to 190.55, Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:) which was up 6.78% to settle at 48.38 and Halliburton Company (NYSE:) which gained 4.88% to close at 26.01.

These were the worst performers WestRock Co (NYSE:), which fell 5.58% to 46.57 late trade. International Paper (NYSE;) lost 4.53% and settled at 53.28. Packaging Corp American (NYSE:), which fell 3.88% to 133.71 by the closing

Top performers of the NASDAQ Composite are LM Funding America Inc (NASDAQ:), which increased 38.08% at 4.750; Waitr Holdings Inc, (NASDAQ:), which was up 38.86% at 1.4200; Jasper Therapeutics Inc, (NASDAQ:), which gained 31.57% at 16.420.

These were the worst performers Duck Creek Technologies Inc (NASDAQ) was down 24.42% at 34.94 in late trading, Very Good Food Company Inc NASDAQ: lost 21.40% and settled at 1.80 Lucid Diagnostics Inc (NASDAQ 🙂 was at its lowest point of 20.49%, closing at 9.35

The New York Stock Exchange saw falling stocks surpass advancing stocks by 0 to 0, while the Nasdaq Stock Exchange witnessed 0 fall and 0 advance.

JB Hunt Transport Services Inc. (NASDAQ:), shares rose 8.74% to new all-time highs, rising 15.31 to 190.55. Halliburton Company’s shares rose by 4.88%, or 1.21 to 26, to their 52-week peak. Duck Creek Technologies Inc (NASDAQ) shares fell to their lowest levels in over a decade, falling 24.42% (11.1 to 34.94). Jasper Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:), rose to new heights, rising by 31.57% or 3.94 to 16.420. Lucid Diagnostics Inc. (NASDAQ:), shares fell to their lowest levels, losing 20.49% (2.41 to 9.35).

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 3.32% to 16.30 a new 1-month low.

Dec delivery gold futures were down 1.65%, or 29.70 to $1768.20 an troy ounce. Other commodities traded included Crude oil unchanged for December delivery at $81.73 per barrel. The December Brent oil contract increased 1.00%, or 0.84, to trade at $84.84/barrel.

EUR/USD rose 0.6% to 1.1601, and USD/JPY rose by 0.51%, to 114.25.

At 93.960, the US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.00%.