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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.05%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.76%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.73%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM), which rose 11.50% or 19.24 points to trade at 186.59 at the close. Meanwhile, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) added 3.43% or 0.87 points to end at 26.20 and Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) was up 2.69% or 5.51 points to 210.06 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), which fell 1.04% or 1.48 points to trade at 141.07 at the close. Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) declined 0.61% or 1.45 points to end at 234.74 and The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV) was down 0.47% or 0.86 points to 183.19.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM) which rose 11.50% to 186.59, DexCom Inc (NASDAQ:DXCM) which was up 9.46% to settle at 121.24 and Take-Two Interactive Software Inc (NASDAQ:TTWO) which gained 6.05% to close at 115.28.
The worst performers were Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) which was down 5.85% to 190.90 in late trade, Principal Financial Group Inc (NASDAQ:PFG) which lost 5.54% to settle at 86.18 and Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE:HRL) which was down 4.56% to 41.83 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Diversified Healthcare Trust (NASDAQ:DHC) which rose 59.14% to 1.48, Exela Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:XELA) which was up 40.00% to settle at 0.07 and Biophytis (NASDAQ:BPTS) which gained 41.09% to close at 0.59.
The worst performers were ZimVie Inc (NASDAQ:ZIMV) which was down 44.55% to 5.80 in late trade, Caredx Inc (NASDAQ:CDNA) which lost 32.72% to settle at 10.77 and Lucira Health Inc (NASDAQ:LHDX) which was down 29.12% to 0.56 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1676 to 1350 and 110 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1927 rose and 1728 declined, while 154 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE:HRL) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.56% or 2.00 to 41.83. Shares in ZimVie Inc (NASDAQ:ZIMV) fell to all time lows; losing 44.55% or 4.66 to 5.80. Shares in Caredx Inc (NASDAQ:CDNA) fell to 3-years lows; down 32.72% or 5.24 to 10.77.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.81% to 19.59.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.19% or 3.55 to $1,841.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.30% or 0.23 to hit $77.92 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.20% or 0.17 to trade at $84.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.62% to 1.06, while USD/JPY rose 0.42% to 136.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 104.94.
