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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.42%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.61%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK), which rose 1.24% or 1.37 points to trade at 111.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) added 0.60% or 1.12 points to end at 188.25 and Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) was up 0.44% or 0.67 points to 152.91 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were American Express Company (NYSE:AXP), which fell 2.32% or 3.65 points to trade at 153.87 at the close. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) declined 2.25% or 8.31 points to end at 360.38 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) was down 1.64% or 0.47 points to 28.26.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA) which rose 5.78% to 208.95, Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) which was up 2.69% to settle at 54.50 and Delta Air Lines Inc (NYSE:DAL) which gained 2.67% to close at 34.27.
The worst performers were Charter Communications Inc (NASDAQ:CHTR) which was down 16.38% to 328.34 in late trade, Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ:CZR) which lost 5.44% to settle at 49.69 and Albemarle Corp (NYSE:ALB) which was down 5.38% to 247.83 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Icosavax Inc (NASDAQ:ICVX) which rose 112.38% to 8.92, Vallon Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:VLON) which was up 104.69% to settle at 0.51 and Core Scientific Inc (NASDAQ:CORZ) which gained 69.72% to close at 0.25.
The worst performers were Netcapital Inc (NASDAQ:NCPL) which was down 36.82% to 1.39 in late trade, Bit Brother Ltd (NASDAQ:BTB) which lost 35.74% to settle at 0.34 and Champions Oncology Inc (NASDAQ:CSBR) which was down 30.30% to 4.60 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1796 to 1252 and 123 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2196 fell and 1527 advanced, while 170 ended unchanged.
Shares in Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) rose to all time highs; rising 1.24% or 1.37 to 111.55. Shares in Champions Oncology Inc (NASDAQ:CSBR) fell to 52-week lows; falling 30.30% or 2.00 to 4.60.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 6.25% to 21.14.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.35% or 6.35 to $1,819.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.68% or 2.02 to hit $77.41 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.73% or 2.20 to trade at $82.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.48% to 1.07, while USD/JPY fell 0.13% to 135.40.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 103.23.
