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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.07%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.58%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 1.05%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which rose 2.26% or 0.79 points to trade at 35.68 at the close. Meanwhile, Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM) added 1.61% or 3.37 points to end at 212.07 and Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) was up 1.39% or 1.49 points to 108.93 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were 3M Company (NYSE:MMM), which fell 1.06% or 1.11 points to trade at 103.44 at the close. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) declined 0.95% or 0.28 points to end at 29.07 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) was down 0.88% or 2.99 points to 337.74.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) which rose 7.09% to 437.53, Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) which was up 6.07% to settle at 68.28 and Steel Dynamics Inc (NASDAQ:STLD) which gained 5.23% to close at 107.65.
The worst performers were KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) which was down 4.63% to 11.03 in late trade, Comerica Inc (NYSE:CMA) which lost 3.89% to settle at 50.09 and Citizens Financial Group Inc (NYSE:CFG) which was down 3.68% to 29.58 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Zynerba Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ZYNE) which rose 298.23% to 1.35, Taysha Gene Therapies Inc (NASDAQ:TSHA) which was up 188.23% to settle at 2.13 and Powerbridge Technologies Co Ltd (NASDAQ:PBTS) which gained 70.18% to close at 0.28.
The worst performers were China Liberal Education Holdings (NASDAQ:CLEU) which was down 69.32% to 0.77 in late trade, BioXcel Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:BTAI) which lost 41.49% to settle at 4.33 and Aurora Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:AURC) which was down 35.28% to 22.97 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1720 to 1230 and 76 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2089 fell and 1449 advanced, while 101 ended unchanged.
Shares in BioXcel Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:BTAI) fell to 3-years lows; losing 41.49% or 3.07 to 4.33.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.13% to 14.82.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.36% or 7.05 to $1,939.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.71% or 0.59 to hit $82.60 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.58% or 0.50 to trade at $86.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.36% to 1.09, while USD/JPY rose 0.36% to 145.48.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 103.04.
