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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.47%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.69%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.96%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were 3M Company (NYSE:MMM), which rose 1.98% or 3.57 points to trade at 183.78 at the close. Meanwhile, Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) added 1.48% or 2.19 points to end at 150.06 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) was up 1.49% or 5.46 points to 373.09 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), which fell 1.65% or 2.67 points to trade at 159.44 at the close. International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) declined 0.97% or 1.17 points to end at 119.10 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) was down 0.57% or 0.95 points to 166.66.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) which rose 4.20% to 77.68, Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (NYSE:LH) which was up 4.05% to settle at 298.50 and Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB) which gained 3.66% to close at 339.74.
The worst performers were Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE:HPE) which was down 8.06% to 14.65 in late trade, American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) which lost 5.20% to settle at 20.22 and Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) which was down 3.63% to 22.18 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Altamira Therapeutics Ltd (NASDAQ:CYTO) which rose 52.63% to 2.320, Everspin Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:MRAM) which was up 50.00% to settle at 9.870 and Soc Telemed Inc (NASDAQ:TLMD) which gained 33.10% to close at 2.835.
The worst performers were Oncorus Inc (NASDAQ:ONCR) which was down 46.04% to 5.99 in late trade, Acutus Medical Inc (NASDAQ:AFIB) which lost 43.98% to settle at 3.73 and Catalyst Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:CBIO) which was down 40.31% to 1.755 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1816 to 1423 and 110 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1956 rose and 1748 declined, while 162 ended unchanged.
Shares in Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.49% or 5.46 to 373.09. Shares in Oncorus Inc (NASDAQ:ONCR) fell to all time lows; down 46.04% or 5.11 to 5.99. Shares in Everspin Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:MRAM) rose to 3-years highs; rising 50.00% or 3.290 to 9.870. Shares in Acutus Medical Inc (NASDAQ:AFIB) fell to all time lows; losing 43.98% or 2.93 to 3.73. Shares in Catalyst Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:CBIO) fell to all time lows; down 40.31% or 1.185 to 1.755.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 7.81% to 16.28.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.09% or 1.75 to $1865.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.92% or 0.75 to hit $80.84 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.94% or 0.78 to trade at $82.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.07% to 1.1443, while USD/JPY fell 0.11% to 113.93.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 95.123.
