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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.11%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.28%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.92%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which rose 1.78% or 4.34 points to trade at 248.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) added 1.57% or 0.75 points to end at 48.45 and Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) was up 1.47% or 1.58 points to 109.24 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), which fell 1.65% or 2.67 points to trade at 159.37 at the close. Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) declined 1.05% or 1.80 points to end at 169.01 and Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) was down 0.97% or 1.06 points to 107.68.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Paramount Global Class B (NASDAQ:PARA) which rose 9.31% to 24.54, SolarEdge Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:SEDG) which was up 9.05% to settle at 343.98 and Generac Holdings Inc (NYSE:GNRC) which gained 7.95% to close at 135.17.
The worst performers were Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE:DVN) which was down 10.50% to 57.23 in late trade, Akamai Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:AKAM) which lost 10.41% to settle at 78.65 and Pioneer Natural Resources Co (NYSE:PXD) which was down 5.52% to 220.81 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Tenon Medical Inc (NASDAQ:TNON) which rose 120.20% to 2.18, Titan Medical Inc (NASDAQ:TMDI) which was up 82.16% to settle at 0.25 and Sera Prognostics Inc (NASDAQ:SERA) which gained 73.28% to close at 2.27.
The worst performers were GlycoMimetics Inc (NASDAQ:GLYC) which was down 62.47% to 1.52 in late trade, Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:CRDO) which lost 46.80% to settle at 10.30 and T2 Biosystms Inc (NASDAQ:TTOO) which was down 23.19% to 0.83 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1735 to 1276 and 115 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2408 rose and 1276 declined, while 158 ended unchanged.
Shares in T2 Biosystms Inc (NASDAQ:TTOO) fell to all time lows; losing 23.19% or 0.25 to 0.83.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 3.60% to 18.23.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.94% or 17.50 to $1,847.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.68% or 0.54 to hit $78.52 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.37 to trade at $85.21 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.42% to 1.07, while USD/JPY rose 0.76% to 134.13.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 103.75.
