U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.08%

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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.08%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.25%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.95%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were American Express Company (NYSE:AXP), which rose 10.59% or 16.50 points to trade at 172.38 at the close. Meanwhile, Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:V) added 2.99% or 6.71 points to end at 231.42 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) was up 1.84% or 0.67 points to 37.17 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which fell 6.41% or 1.93 points to trade at 28.16 at the close. Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) declined 4.44% or 8.34 points to end at 179.45 and The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV) was down 1.78% or 3.42 points to 188.69.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) which rose 10.99% to 177.88, American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) which was up 10.59% to settle at 172.38 and L3Harris Technologies Inc (NYSE:LHX) which gained 7.94% to close at 212.15.

The worst performers were Hasbro Inc (NASDAQ:HAS) which was down 8.11% to 58.61 in late trade, KLA Corporation (NASDAQ:KLAC) which lost 6.85% to settle at 399.37 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) which was down 6.41% to 28.16 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were BuzzFeed Inc (NASDAQ:BZFD) which rose 85.17% to 3.87, Applied UV Inc (NASDAQ:AUVI) which was up 52.88% to settle at 1.59 and Lucid Group Inc (NASDAQ:LCID) which gained 43.00% to close at 12.87.

The worst performers were Nemaura Medical Inc (NASDAQ:NMRD) which was down 42.31% to 1.65 in late trade, Jack Creek Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:BAER) which lost 33.79% to settle at 12.44 and Akerna Corp (NASDAQ:KERN) which was down 31.46% to 1.22 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1737 to 1305 and 110 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2155 rose and 1510 declined, while 152 ended unchanged.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 1.17% to 18.51.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.09% or 1.75 to $1,928.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.93% or 1.56 to hit $79.45 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.19% or 1.04 to trade at $86.43 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 1.09, while USD/JPY fell 0.30% to 129.82.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 101.72.