U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 1.05%© Reuters. U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 1.05%Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the <a>Oil &amp; Gas</a>, <a>Financials</a> and <a>Consumer Services</a> sectors led shares higher.At the close in NYSE, the <a>Dow Jones Industrial Average</a> rose 1.05%, while the <a>S&amp;P 500</a> index added 1.03%, and the <a>NASDAQ Composite</a> index gained 1.20%.The best performers of the session on the <a>Dow Jones Industrial Average</a> were Salesforce Inc (NYSE:<a>CRM</a>), which rose 2.76% or 7.37 points to trade at 274.51 at the close. Meanwhile, Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:<a>AMZN</a>) added 2.71% or 5.64 points to end at 213.55 and Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:<a>UNH</a>) was up 2.47% or 7.30 points to 303.14 in late trade.The worst performers of the session were Home Depot Inc (NYSE:<a>HD</a>), which fell 0.53% or 1.95 points to trade at 367.33 at the close. McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:<a>MCD</a>) declined 0.52% or 1.62 points to end at 307.36 and 3M Company (NYSE:<a>MMM</a>) was down 0.52% or 0.76 points to 145.50.The top performers on the S&amp;P 500 were Palantir Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:<a>PLTR</a>) which rose 6.48% to 127.68, Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:<a>MRNA</a>) which was up 5.13% to settle at 27.46 and United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:<a>UAL</a>) which gained 4.82% to close at 84.22.The worst performers were Lululemon Athletica Inc (NASDAQ:<a>LULU</a>) which was down 19.80% to 265.27 in late trade, Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:<a>AVGO</a>) which lost 5.02% to settle at 246.89 and The Mosaic Company (NYSE:<a>MOS</a>) which was down 4.51% to 34.76 at the close.The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Phathom Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:<a>PHAT</a>) which rose 90.41% to 8.93, China SXT Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:<a>SXTC</a>) which was up 55.97% to settle at 2.09 and Eyenovia Inc (NASDAQ:<a>EYEN</a>) which gained 55.41% to close at 4.88.The worst performers were Marwynn Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:<a>MWYN</a>) which was down 71.04% to 2.86 in late trade, EPWK Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:<a>EPWK</a>) which lost 62.57% to settle at 0.63 and Ohmyhome Ltd (NASDAQ:<a>OMH</a>) which was down 43.07% to 0.60 at the close.Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1945 to 817 and 81 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2432 rose and 867 declined, while 145 ended unchanged.Shares in Marwynn Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:<a>MWYN</a>) fell to all time lows; falling 71.04% or 7.01 to 2.86. Shares in EPWK Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:<a>EPWK</a>) fell to all time lows; losing 62.57% or 1.05 to 0.63. Shares in Ohmyhome Ltd (NASDAQ:<a>OMH</a>) fell to all time lows; losing 43.07% or 0.46 to 0.60. The <a>CBOE Volatility Index</a>, which measures the implied volatility of S&amp;P 500 options, was down 9.25% to 16.77 a new 3-months low.Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.24% or 41.98 to $3,333.12 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.18% or 1.38 to hit $64.75 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.91% or 1.25 to trade at $66.59 a barrel.

U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 1.05%

U.S. stocks closed higher on Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.05%, the S&P 500 gaining 1.03%, and the NASDAQ Composite up 1.20%. Key sectors like Oil & Gas, Financials, and Consumer Services drove gains, while some stocks, including Marwynn Holdings and EPWK Holdings, fell to all-time lows.