U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 1.00%

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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.00%, while the S&P 500 index added 1.42%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 1.79%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which rose 7.61% or 2.23 points to trade at 31.52 at the close. Meanwhile, American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) added 2.75% or 4.38 points to end at 163.59 and The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV) was up 2.40% or 3.98 points to 169.86 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH), which fell 1.27% or 5.99 points to trade at 466.59 at the close. Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) declined 0.58% or 0.61 points to end at 104.92 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) was up 0.20% or 0.26 points to 129.14.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were SVB Financial Group (OTC:SIVBQ) which rose 142.50% to 0.97, Signature Bank (OTC:SBNY) which was up 84.62% to settle at 0.24 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) which gained 7.61% to close at 31.52.

The worst performers were PVH Corp (NYSE:PVH) which was down 3.53% to 85.24 in late trade, Bath & Body Works Inc. (NYSE:BBWI) which lost 2.08% to settle at 37.25 and Zoetis Inc (NYSE:ZTS) which was down 1.42% to 162.69 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Troika Media Group Inc (NASDAQ:TRKA) which rose 49.50% to 0.30, G Medical Innovations Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:GMVD) which was up 42.33% to settle at 2.69 and LogicMark Inc (NASDAQ:LGMK) which gained 39.19% to close at 0.19.

The worst performers were ProQR Therapeutics NV (NASDAQ:PRQR) which was down 29.61% to 2.52 in late trade, Pieris Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:PIRS) which lost 28.38% to settle at 1.06 and Shift Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFT) which was down 27.38% to 1.22 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2373 to 642 and 90 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2396 rose and 1197 declined, while 137 ended unchanged.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.26% to 19.12.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.43% or 8.50 to $1,981.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.49% or 0.36 to hit $72.84 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.92% or 0.72 to trade at $77.42 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.08, while USD/JPY rose 1.53% to 132.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 102.32.