U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.40%

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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.40%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.75%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.69%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which rose 4.22% or 8.24 points to trade at 203.63 at the close. Meanwhile, Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM) added 3.58% or 4.82 points to end at 139.60 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) was up 3.55% or 0.95 points to 27.68 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), which fell 4.37% or 10.48 points to trade at 229.10 at the close. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) declined 2.72% or 14.11 points to end at 504.53 and Honeywell International Inc (NASDAQ:HON) was down 1.99% or 4.26 points to 210.04.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Bath & Body Works Inc. (NYSE:BBWI) which rose 10.53% to 47.74, Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) which was up 9.66% to settle at 8.74 and Warner Bros Discovery Inc (NASDAQ:WBD) which gained 8.81% to close at 10.38.

The worst performers were Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET) which was down 5.85% to 113.84 in late trade, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) which lost 4.37% to settle at 229.10 and Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) which was down 3.65% to 86.38 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Vivos Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VVOS) which rose 154.05% to 1.88, Cryptyde Inc (NASDAQ:TYDE) which was up 81.35% to settle at 0.35 and Vyne Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VYNE) which gained 70.05% to close at 0.24.

The worst performers were Vera Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VERA) which was down 64.70% to 6.46 in late trade, ReShape Lifesciences Inc (NASDAQ:RSLS) which lost 43.17% to settle at 8.90 and Enovix Corp (NASDAQ:ENVX) which was down 41.01% to 7.15 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2465 to 625 and 76 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2692 rose and 1091 declined, while 127 ended unchanged.

Shares in Vera Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VERA) fell to all time lows; falling 64.70% or 11.84 to 6.46. Shares in Enovix Corp (NASDAQ:ENVX) fell to all time lows; falling 41.01% or 4.97 to 7.15.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 3.89% to 22.01.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.81% or 14.95 to $1,861.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 4.90% or 3.77 to hit $73.16 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 4.99% or 4.10 to trade at $78.00 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.58% to 1.06, while USD/JPY rose 1.29% to 132.68.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 104.01.