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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 1.06%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.84%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 1.28%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN), which rose 7.82% or 17.48 points to trade at 241.01 at the close. Meanwhile, American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) added 3.26% or 6.13 points to end at 194.00 and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) was up 2.01% or 9.71 points to 493.41 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX), which fell 1.52% or 2.11 points to trade at 136.44 at the close. Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) declined 1.11% or 1.61 points to end at 143.53 and Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) was down 0.86% or 0.67 points to 76.91.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) which rose 7.82% to 241.01, Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc (NYSE:ZBH) which was up 7.35% to settle at 119.88 and ABIOMED Inc (NASDAQ:ABMD) which gained 6.62% to close at 309.03.
The worst performers were Fiserv Inc (NASDAQ:FISV) which was down 6.00% to 99.54 in late trade, Simon Property Group Inc (NYSE:SPG) which lost 4.62% to settle at 142.04 and Willis Towers Watson PLC (NASDAQ:WTW) which was down 4.56% to 225.14 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Society Pass Inc (NASDAQ:SOPA) which rose 42.68% to 4.68, Tritium Dcfc Ltd (NASDAQ:DCFC) which was up 39.47% to settle at 9.54 and Ucloudlink Group Inc (NASDAQ:UCL) which gained 38.57% to close at 2.03.
The worst performers were Pulse Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:PLSE) which was down 34.44% to 7.12 in late trade, Anghami De Inc (NASDAQ:ANGH) which lost 30.92% to settle at 13.470 and Nuvectis Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:NVCT) which was down 20.50% to 6.32 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2034 to 1192 and 134 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2454 rose and 1369 declined, while 204 ended unchanged.
Shares in American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) rose to all time highs; up 3.26% or 6.13 to 194.00. Shares in Pulse Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:PLSE) fell to 52-week lows; down 34.44% or 3.74 to 7.12.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 6.21% to 21.44.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.27% or 5.00 to $1826.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.69% or 1.54 to hit $89.78 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.07 to trade at $91.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1418, while USD/JPY rose 0.01% to 115.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 95.597.
