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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.63% to hit a new 3-months high, while the S&P 500 index gained 2.13%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 2.89%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), which rose 3.98% or 4.30 points to trade at 112.43 at the close. Meanwhile, Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM) added 3.50% or 6.37 points to end at 188.61 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) was up 3.35% or 11.29 points to 347.91 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK), which fell 0.37% or 0.33 points to trade at 89.19 at the close. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) added 0.09% or 0.46 points to end at 537.72 and Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) was up 0.21% or 0.27 points to 129.14.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd (NYSE:NCLH) which rose 11.82% to 13.53, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (NYSE:RCL) which was up 9.74% to settle at 41.67 and Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) which gained 9.19% to close at 10.34.
The worst performers were CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) which was down 2.24% to 198.40 in late trade, Dollar Tree Inc (NASDAQ:DLTR) which lost 1.76% to settle at 165.97 and Ralph Lauren Corp Class A (NYSE:RL) which was down 1.29% to 95.52 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Bioatla Inc (NASDAQ:BCAB) which rose 83.10% to 6.61, Amyris Inc (NASDAQ:AMRS) which was up 41.92% to settle at 3.25 and Infinity Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:INFI) which gained 39.19% to close at 1.03.
The worst performers were Redbox Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ:RDBX) which was down 52.86% to 1.65 in late trade, OPTIMIZERx Corp (NASDAQ:OPRX) which lost 30.02% to settle at 15.57 and IsoPlexis Corp (NASDAQ:ISO) which was down 30.00% to 2.10 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2666 to 462 and 109 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2955 rose and 830 declined, while 199 ended unchanged.
Shares in Redbox Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ:RDBX) fell to all time lows; falling 52.86% or 1.85 to 1.65. Shares in OPTIMIZERx Corp (NASDAQ:OPRX) fell to 52-week lows; falling 30.02% or 6.68 to 15.57.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 9.32% to 19.74 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.28% or 5.10 to $1,807.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.14% or 1.03 to hit $91.53 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.74% or 0.71 to trade at $97.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.88% to 1.03, while USD/JPY fell 1.64% to 132.91.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.09% at 105.10.
