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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.09%, while the S&P 500 index gained 1.46%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 1.67%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD), which rose 3.19% or 10.02 points to trade at 324.26 at the close. Meanwhile, UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) added 2.79% or 13.57 points to end at 499.36 and Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) was up 2.42% or 1.40 points to 59.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which fell 3.52% or 9.21 points to trade at 252.29 at the close. McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) declined 1.29% or 3.49 points to end at 267.40 and International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) was down 0.42% or 0.57 points to 134.73.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Smith AO Corporation (NYSE:AOS) which rose 13.72% to 67.73, International Paper (NYSE:IP) which was up 10.66% to settle at 41.82 and PulteGroup Inc (NYSE:PHM) which gained 9.54% to close at 56.95.
The worst performers were Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX) which was down 5.77% to 100.28 in late trade, Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) which lost 4.89% to settle at 34.61 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) which was down 3.52% to 252.29 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Motorsport Gaming Us LLC (NASDAQ:MSGM) which rose 713.69% to 21.40, Mobile Global Esports Inc (NASDAQ:MGAM) which was up 158.00% to settle at 2.58 and Atlas Technical Consultants Inc (NASDAQ:ATCX) which gained 121.76% to close at 12.13.
The worst performers were Sidus Space Inc (NASDAQ:SIDU) which was down 53.94% to 0.41 in late trade, Nuvve Holding Corp (NASDAQ:NVVE) which lost 40.43% to settle at 1.37 and Evoke Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:EVOK) which was down 29.74% to 4.04 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2572 to 484 and 88 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2858 rose and 847 declined, while 140 ended unchanged.
Shares in PulteGroup Inc (NYSE:PHM) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 9.54% or 4.96 to 56.95. Shares in Sidus Space Inc (NASDAQ:SIDU) fell to all time lows; falling 53.94% or 0.48 to 0.41.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 2.76% to 19.39.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.27% or 5.20 to $1,928.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.55% or 1.21 to hit $79.11 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.28% or 1.08 to trade at $85.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.20% to 1.09, while USD/JPY fell 0.23% to 130.15.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 101.89.
