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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.17%, while the S&P 500 index added 1.61%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 1.97%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which rose 3.51% or 5.12 points to trade at 151.03 at the close. Meanwhile, Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) added 2.40% or 5.05 points to end at 215.11 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) was up 2.29% or 7.99 points to 357.09 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO), which fell 0.47% or 0.28 points to trade at 59.44 at the close. Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) declined 0.39% or 0.15 points to end at 38.26 and Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) was down 0.21% or 0.12 points to 58.32.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Cooper Companies Inc (NYSE:COO) which rose 7.39% to 352.10, Illumina Inc (NASDAQ:ILMN) which was up 7.11% to settle at 221.21 and Align Technology Inc (NASDAQ:ALGN) which gained 6.82% to close at 334.56.
The worst performers were Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE:HRL) which was down 2.87% to 40.63 in late trade, Costco Wholesale Corp (NASDAQ:COST) which lost 2.15% to settle at 475.26 and Lumen Technologies Inc (NYSE:LUMN) which was down 1.86% to 3.17 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were ObsEva SA (NASDAQ:OBSV) which rose 116.98% to 0.23, Kala Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:KALA) which was up 64.70% to settle at 16.75 and Mountain Crest Acquisition Corp III (NASDAQ:ETAO) which gained 48.20% to close at 2.26.
The worst performers were Praxis Precision Medicines Inc (NASDAQ:PRAX) which was down 65.87% to 1.00 in late trade, Veru Inc (NASDAQ:VERU) which lost 35.98% to settle at 2.42 and Secoo Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:SECO) which was down 31.51% to 1.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2447 to 588 and 83 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2508 rose and 1122 declined, while 146 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE:HRL) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.87% or 1.20 to 40.63. Shares in Lumen Technologies Inc (NYSE:LUMN) fell to 5-year lows; down 1.86% or 0.06 to 3.17. Shares in Praxis Precision Medicines Inc (NASDAQ:PRAX) fell to all time lows; losing 65.87% or 1.92 to 1.00. Shares in Veru Inc (NASDAQ:VERU) fell to 52-week lows; down 35.98% or 1.36 to 2.42. Shares in Secoo Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:SECO) fell to all time lows; falling 31.51% or 0.46 to 1.00.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 5.62% to 18.49.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.11% or 20.35 to $1,860.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 2.11% or 1.65 to hit $79.81 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.38% or 1.17 to trade at $85.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.35% to 1.06, while USD/JPY fell 0.68% to 135.82.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 104.50.
