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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.19%, while the S&P 500 index declined 1.22%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 2.28%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were American Express Company (NYSE:AXP), which rose 8.92% or 14.18 points to trade at 173.11 at the close. Meanwhile, International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) added 5.65% or 7.28 points to end at 136.10 and Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) was up 4.25% or 5.41 points to 132.59 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM), which fell 3.43% or 7.64 points to trade at 215.39 at the close. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) declined 2.66% or 7.88 points to end at 288.49 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) was down 2.65% or 1.39 points to 50.99.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) which rose 8.92% to 173.11, APA Corporation (NASDAQ:APA) which was up 8.28% to settle at 33.07 and Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) which gained 8.12% to close at 36.77.
The worst performers were Nextera Energy Inc (NYSE:NEE) which was down 8.33% to 75.10 in late trade, Monolithic Power Systems Inc (NASDAQ:MPWR) which lost 6.75% to settle at 374.87 and Paycom Soft (NYSE:PAYC) which was down 6.70% to 304.44 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Sierra Oncology Inc (NASDAQ:SRRA) which rose 46.23% to 22.68, Aptorum Group Ltd Class A (NASDAQ:APM) which was up 38.89% to settle at 2.250 and Exela Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:XELA) which gained 32.95% to close at 0.5500.
The worst performers were Integrated Media Technology Ltd (NASDAQ:IMTE) which was down 21.79% to 8.290 in late trade, Yoshitsu Co Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:TKLF) which lost 16.42% to settle at 3.92 and AgileThought Inc (NASDAQ:AGIL) which was down 15.94% to 4.270 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1844 to 1445 and 120 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2306 fell and 1585 advanced, while 178 ended unchanged.
Shares in Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 8.12% or 2.76 to 36.77. Shares in Paycom Soft (NYSE:PAYC) fell to 52-week lows; falling 6.70% or 21.85 to 304.44. Shares in Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) rose to 3-years highs; up 4.25% or 5.41 to 132.59. Shares in Yoshitsu Co Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:TKLF) fell to all time lows; falling 16.42% or 0.77 to 3.92. Shares in AgileThought Inc (NASDAQ:AGIL) fell to all time lows; falling 15.94% or 0.810 to 4.270.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 4.21% to 31.16 a new 6-months high.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.35% or 6.40 to $1848.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.20% or 1.83 to hit $85.14 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.05 to trade at $86.86 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1302, while USD/JPY rose 0.01% to 113.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 95.972.
