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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.64% to hit a new 1-month high, while the S&P 500 index added 0.34%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), which rose 3.56% or 3.43 points to trade at 99.76 at the close. Meanwhile, Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM) added 3.26% or 4.72 points to end at 149.62 and Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) was up 3.02% or 6.29 points to 214.32 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO), which fell 1.29% or 0.80 points to trade at 61.21 at the close. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) declined 1.24% or 0.46 points to end at 36.66 and Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) was down 0.93% or 1.36 points to 144.77.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) which rose 9.71% to 16.83, United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UAL) which was up 7.52% to settle at 51.30 and Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A (NASDAQ:CTSH) which gained 5.85% to close at 65.10.
The worst performers were Charles River Laboratories (NYSE:CRL) which was down 5.99% to 232.15 in late trade, Bio-Techne Corp (NASDAQ:TECH) which lost 5.14% to settle at 82.17 and Illumina Inc (NASDAQ:ILMN) which was down 5.05% to 193.75 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Arrival Vault USA Inc (NASDAQ:ARVL) which rose 100.00% to 0.54, Akerna Corp (NASDAQ:KERN) which was up 70.49% to settle at 1.65 and Moxian Inc (NASDAQ:MOXC) which gained 65.30% to close at 1.01.
The worst performers were Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ORMP) which was down 76.46% to 2.54 in late trade, Atlis Motor Vehicles Inc (NASDAQ:AMV) which lost 35.32% to settle at 6.52 and Universe Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:UPC) which was down 25.30% to 0.90 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2358 to 727 and 88 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2652 rose and 1058 declined, while 137 ended unchanged.
Shares in Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ORMP) fell to 52-week lows; losing 76.46% or 8.25 to 2.54.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 10.72% to 18.83 a new 6-months low.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.18% or 22.20 to $1,901.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.20% or 0.93 to hit $78.34 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.50% or 1.24 to trade at $83.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.91% to 1.09, while USD/JPY fell 2.43% to 129.26.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.94% at 101.96.
