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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.54%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.75%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.72%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM), which rose 9.88% or 15.83 points to trade at 176.07 at the close. Meanwhile, Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) added 0.95% or 1.66 points to end at 176.32 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) was up 0.80% or 1.72 points to 217.57 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT), which fell 2.47% or 3.18 points to trade at 125.45 at the close. 3M Company (NYSE:MMM) declined 1.92% or 2.87 points to end at 146.42 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) was down 1.81% or 3.06 points to 165.76.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM) which rose 9.88% to 176.07, HP Inc (NYSE:HPQ) which was up 3.86% to settle at 40.34 and Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES) which gained 3.56% to close at 127.45.
The worst performers were Albemarle Corp (NYSE:ALB) which was down 7.80% to 240.12 in late trade, Moodys Corporation (NYSE:MCO) which lost 6.36% to settle at 282.38 and The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) which was down 6.10% to 58.69 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Missfresh Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:MF) which rose 51.05% to 0.24, Spark Networks SE ADR (NASDAQ:LOV) which was up 38.39% to settle at 2.92 and Energy Focu (NASDAQ:EFOI) which gained 37.42% to close at 1.22.
The worst performers were CASI Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:CASI) which was down 88.20% to 0.41 in late trade, Janone Inc (NASDAQ:JAN) which lost 32.98% to settle at 2.50 and Dogness International Corp Class A (NASDAQ:DOGZ) which was down 32.75% to 2.69 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1871 to 1274 and 126 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2417 fell and 1402 advanced, while 165 ended unchanged.
Shares in HP Inc (NYSE:HPQ) rose to all time highs; rising 3.86% or 1.50 to 40.34. Shares in Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES) rose to 5-year highs; up 3.56% or 4.38 to 127.45.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 1.91% to 25.69.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.08% or 1.55 to $1,849.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.15% or 0.17 to hit $114.84 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.19% or 0.22 to trade at $115.82 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.77% to 1.07, while USD/JPY rose 1.15% to 130.16.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.80% at 102.58.
