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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.11%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.28%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM), which rose 1.27% or 2.99 points to trade at 237.83 at the close. Meanwhile, Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) added 1.27% or 1.91 points to end at 152.21 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) was up 1.11% or 2.45 points to 222.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS), which fell 3.16% or 12.74 points to trade at 390.31 at the close. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) declined 0.85% or 1.46 points to end at 169.79 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) was down 0.77% or 0.42 points to 53.91.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Coterra Energy Inc (NYSE:CTRA) which rose 6.07% to 22.54, Take-Two Interactive Software Inc (NASDAQ:TTWO) which was up 5.15% to settle at 156.06 and Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc (NYSE:FCX) which gained 5.02% to close at 45.15.
The worst performers were Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE:DGX) which was down 6.80% to 147.14 in late trade, Biogen Inc (NASDAQ:BIIB) which lost 6.70% to settle at 225.34 and T. Rowe Price Group Inc (NASDAQ:TROW) which was down 6.63% to 180.83 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Electrocore LLC (NASDAQ:ECOR) which rose 64.03% to 0.8800, Immuron Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:IMRN) which was up 49.61% to settle at 3.830 and Surgepays Inc (NASDAQ:SURG) which gained 32.08% to close at 2.80.
The worst performers were Avinger Inc (NASDAQ:AVGR) which was down 25.67% to 0.3571 in late trade, Dogness International Corp Class A (NASDAQ:DOGZ) which lost 19.83% to settle at 2.9100 and Nutriband Inc (NASDAQ:NTRB) which was down 17.30% to 6.74 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1669 to 1542 and 144 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2301 fell and 1496 advanced, while 199 ended unchanged.
Shares in Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc (NYSE:FCX) rose to 5-year highs; up 5.02% or 2.16 to 45.15. Shares in Avinger Inc (NASDAQ:AVGR) fell to 52-week lows; down 25.67% or 0.1233 to 0.3571.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.29% to 17.62.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.40% or 7.25 to $1825.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.91% or 1.55 to hit $82.77 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.05 to trade at $84.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1442, while USD/JPY rose 0.02% to 114.65.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.68% at 94.975.
