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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.64%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.95%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 1.62%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM), which rose 3.34% or 5.60 points to trade at 173.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) added 3.19% or 2.84 points to end at 92.00 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) was up 2.94% or 3.08 points to 108.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which fell 4.88% or 9.16 points to trade at 178.67 at the close. Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) declined 3.68% or 5.44 points to end at 142.43 and Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) was down 2.45% or 1.28 points to 51.06.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Autodesk Inc (NASDAQ:ADSK) which rose 8.43% to 183.41, FactSet Research Systems Inc (NYSE:FDS) which was up 8.01% to settle at 388.76 and Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE:WHR) which gained 7.06% to close at 163.58.
The worst performers were The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) which was down 9.57% to 45.24 in late trade, CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE:CF) which lost 9.01% to settle at 80.60 and Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO) which was down 7.60% to 104.53 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Blue Hat Interactive Entertainment (NASDAQ:BHAT) which rose 263.03% to 2.73, FStar Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:FSTX) which was up 59.80% to settle at 6.36 and TDH Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PETZ) which gained 54.74% to close at 2.94.
The worst performers were Applied Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:APLT) which was down 28.97% to 0.76 in late trade, Advent Technologies Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:ADN) which lost 21.91% to settle at 2.53 and Aeroclean Technologies LLC (NASDAQ:AERC) which was down 19.78% to 11.88 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1879 to 1291 and 90 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2435 rose and 1366 declined, while 180 ended unchanged.
Shares in Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.88% or 9.16 to 178.67. Shares in Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.45% or 1.28 to 51.06. Shares in Applied Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:APLT) fell to all time lows; down 28.97% or 0.31 to 0.76.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.41% to 29.07.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.66% or 12.10 to $1,826.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.86% or 1.97 to hit $104.22 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.59% or 1.78 to trade at $109.96 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.41% to 1.05, while USD/JPY fell 0.93% to 134.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 104.16.
