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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.04% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index added 0.30%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM), which rose 2.52% or 6.11 points to trade at 248.39 at the close. Meanwhile, Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) added 2.08% or 3.03 points to end at 148.89 and Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) was up 1.10% or 0.83 points to 76.04 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were American Express Company (NYSE:AXP), which fell 1.26% or 2.15 points to trade at 168.52 at the close. Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:V) declined 1.26% or 2.95 points to end at 231.79 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) was down 1.11% or 0.60 points to 53.54.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Cooper Companies Inc (NYSE:COO) which rose 7.82% to 440.12, Gartner Inc (NYSE:IT) which was up 2.92% to settle at 304.09 and Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM) which gained 2.52% to close at 248.39.
The worst performers were Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ:WDC) which was down 6.50% to 62.38 in late trade, Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) which lost 6.37% to settle at 70.25 and Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT) which was down 4.15% to 129.22 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Powerbridge Technologies Co Ltd (NASDAQ:PBTS) which rose 64.57% to 2.0900, IEC Electronics Corp (NASDAQ:IEC) which was up 46.69% to settle at 15.27 and The ExOne Company (NASDAQ:XONE) which gained 45.14% to close at 25.08.
The worst performers were Medavail Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:MDVL) which was down 52.60% to 3.56 in late trade, Lifestance Health Group Inc (NASDAQ:LFST) which lost 46.91% to settle at 11.61 and Gohealth Llc (NASDAQ:GOCO) which was down 42.80% to 4.69 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1815 to 1412 and 131 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2058 fell and 1442 advanced, while 183 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cooper Companies Inc (NYSE:COO) rose to all time highs; gaining 7.82% or 31.92 to 440.12. Shares in Gartner Inc (NYSE:IT) rose to all time highs; rising 2.92% or 8.64 to 304.09. Shares in Medavail Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:MDVL) fell to 52-week lows; losing 52.60% or 3.95 to 3.56. Shares in Lifestance Health Group Inc (NASDAQ:LFST) fell to all time lows; losing 46.91% or 10.26 to 11.61. Shares in Gohealth Llc (NASDAQ:GOCO) fell to all time lows; falling 42.80% or 3.51 to 4.69.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 2.93% to 15.59 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.07% or 1.25 to $1754.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.45% or 0.31 to hit $68.94 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.35% or 0.25 to trade at $71.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1735, while USD/JPY rose 0.03% to 110.43.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 92.998.
