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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.82%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 2.14%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 2.92%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), which rose 4.01% or 5.17 points to trade at 134.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) added 3.87% or 10.71 points to end at 287.15 and Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) was up 3.64% or 5.28 points to 150.33 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX), which fell 5.00% or 8.34 points to trade at 158.38 at the close. Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) declined 2.37% or 1.43 points to end at 58.85 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) was up 0.44% or 0.95 points to 216.39.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Monolithic Power Systems Inc (NASDAQ:MPWR) which rose 9.56% to 421.82, American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) which was up 9.26% to settle at 15.57 and United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UAL) which gained 9.19% to close at 38.24.
The worst performers were Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO) which was down 6.81% to 84.39 in late trade, Baker Hughes Co (NYSE:BKR) which lost 5.71% to settle at 34.87 and Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM) which was down 5.65% to 77.25 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Sonim Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:SONM) which rose 103.33% to 1.22, Incannex Healthcare Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:IXHL) which was up 48.47% to settle at 34.00 and Jaguar Health Inc (NASDAQ:JAGX) which gained 44.53% to close at 0.55.
The worst performers were Evolv Technologies Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:EVLV) which was down 43.14% to 1.70 in late trade, Cepton Inc (NASDAQ:CPTN) which lost 28.79% to settle at 4.28 and Better Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:BTTX) which was down 22.96% to 3.12 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2203 to 985 and 117 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2429 rose and 1370 declined, while 171 ended unchanged.
Shares in Evolv Technologies Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:EVLV) fell to all time lows; losing 43.14% or 1.29 to 1.70. Shares in Incannex Healthcare Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:IXHL) rose to all time highs; gaining 48.47% or 11.10 to 34.00. Shares in Cepton Inc (NASDAQ:CPTN) fell to all time lows; down 28.79% or 1.73 to 4.28.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 6.11% to 29.83.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 2.26% or 44.40 to $1,916.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 7.96% or 8.20 to hit $94.81 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 7.99% or 8.54 to trade at $98.36 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.07% to 1.09, while USD/JPY rose 0.12% to 118.32.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 99.00.
