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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.04%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.45%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 1.16%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD), which rose 2.38% or 7.15 points to trade at 307.96 at the close. Meanwhile, Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) added 2.04% or 2.23 points to end at 111.75 and Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) was up 1.76% or 2.66 points to 154.01 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), which fell 1.92% or 6.42 points to trade at 328.60 at the close. Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:V) declined 1.39% or 3.20 points to end at 226.35 and Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) was down 1.34% or 1.53 points to 113.06.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Boston Properties Inc (NYSE:BXP) which rose 9.84% to 56.57, Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE:ARE) which was up 4.98% to settle at 114.51 and Newell Brands Inc (NASDAQ:NWL) which gained 4.71% to close at 8.22.
The worst performers were Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) which was down 7.66% to 14.59 in late trade, Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) which lost 6.06% to settle at 241.05 and CarMax Inc (NYSE:KMX) which was down 5.75% to 81.25 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Trxade Group Inc (NASDAQ:MEDS) which rose 93.84% to 16.36, Benitec Biopharma Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:BNTC) which was up 81.36% to settle at 0.36 and MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (NASDAQ:MLTX) which gained 77.55% to close at 45.95.
The worst performers were Avalo Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:AVTX) which was down 88.69% to 0.50 in late trade, FibroGen Inc (NASDAQ:FGEN) which lost 83.12% to settle at 2.71 and C3is Inc (NASDAQ:CISS) which was down 29.66% to 1.85 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1929 to 1028 and 82 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1984 fell and 1571 advanced, while 140 ended unchanged.
Shares in Avalo Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:AVTX) fell to all time lows; losing 88.69% or 3.92 to 0.50. Shares in FibroGen Inc (NASDAQ:FGEN) fell to all time lows; down 83.12% or 13.34 to 2.71. Shares in MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (NASDAQ:MLTX) rose to all time highs; up 77.55% or 20.07 to 45.95. Shares in C3is Inc (NASDAQ:CISS) fell to all time lows; losing 29.66% or 0.78 to 1.85.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 6.03% to 14.25.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.16% or 3.05 to $1,932.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.64% or 0.44 to hit $69.60 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.72% or 0.53 to trade at $74.54 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 1.09, while USD/JPY fell 0.11% to 143.51.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 102.40.
