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

The index gained 0.56%, while the index increased 0.37% and the index climbed 0.20% at the closing in NYSE.

They were the top performers at the session Boeing Co (NYSE:) climbed 5.40%, or 11.51 points, to close at 224.54. During this time, Visa Inc Class A (NYSE -) added 3.84% (8.01 points) to finish at 216.79. Disney Late trade saw Company (NYSE:), rise 3.17%, or 5.40 points, to 175.68

The worst performers of the session were Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:), which fell 9.87% or 8.94 points to trade at 81.60 at the close. Home Depot Inc (NYSE) lost 1.00% (or 3.71 points) to finish at 368.47. Walmart Inc was down 0.70 points (or 1.06) to reach 150.22.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Expedia Inc (NASDAQ) rose 15.59%, to 182.11, Pfizer Inc (NYSE 🙂 was up 10.83% and settled at 48.60 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (NYSE 🙂 saw 8.95% increase to close at 96.67

These were the worst performers Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:) which was down 19.22% to 13.45 in late trade, Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:) which lost 9.87% to settle at 81.60 and Citrix Systems Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 6.20% to 89.20 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Assertio Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 35.14% to 1.5000, Chinook Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 30.31% to settle at 15.95 and Bigcommerce Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 28.24% to close at 58.80.

These were the worst performers Deciphera Pharmaceuticals LLC (NASDAQ 🙂 was trading at a 75.56%-to-8.80 ratio in late trade. Calithera Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:), which fell 54.66% to settle for 0.861 Tabula Rasa HealthCare Inc (NASDAQ:), which fell 52.49% to 14.14 by the end.

On the New York Stock Exchange, rising stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2134, 1102, and 128. The ending of the Nasdaq Stock Exchange saw 1943 rise and 1716 decline, and 163 finished unchanged.

Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:), shares fell by 6.20%, or 5.90% to 89.20. Deciphera Pharmaceuticals LLC NASDAQ: shares fell to new lows, dropping 75.56% (or 27.20) to 8.80. Calithera Biosciences Inc. shares (NASDAQ) plunged to new lows, falling by 54.66% or from 1.039 down to 0.861. Tabula Rasa HealthCare Inc’s shares fell 3 years to the lowest level in three years, dropping 52.49% (or 15.62) to 14.14

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 6.74% to 16.48.

For December delivery, Gold Futures rose 1.40% (or 25.10) to $1818.60 an troy ounce. Other commodities traded included Crude oil, which rose by 2.55 or 3.24%, to reach $81.36/barrel, and January Brent oil, which rose by 2.16 to trade for $82.70/barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.3% to 1.1567 and USD/JPY down 0.34% at 113.36.

At 94.207, the US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.14%.