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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.08% to hit a new 3-months high, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.07%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), which rose 4.68% or 5.26 points to trade at 117.69 at the close. Meanwhile, Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) added 2.44% or 3.80 points to end at 159.62 and The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV) was up 2.30% or 3.80 points to 168.81 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), which fell 2.07% or 3.53 points to trade at 167.14 at the close. Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) declined 1.48% or 3.74 points to end at 248.35 and Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM) was down 1.00% or 1.88 points to 186.73.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE:DVN) which rose 7.34% to 64.46, Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) which was up 7.03% to settle at 23.91 and Schlumberger NV (NYSE:SLB) which gained 5.64% to close at 36.89.
The worst performers were Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:ENPH) which was down 3.41% to 292.90 in late trade, Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) which lost 3.32% to settle at 48.29 and ServiceNow Inc (NYSE:NOW) which was down 3.24% to 499.47 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were TOP Financial Group Ltd (NASDAQ:TOP) which rose 52.41% to 19.25, FlexShopper Inc (NASDAQ:FPAY) which was up 47.32% to settle at 1.65 and Nymox Pharmaceutical Corp (NASDAQ:NYMX) which gained 36.44% to close at 0.61.
The worst performers were Athenex Inc (NASDAQ:ATNX) which was down 51.54% to 0.54 in late trade, FaZe Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:FAZE) which lost 29.43% to settle at 12.85 and Rani Therapeutics Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:RANI) which was down 25.89% to 8.23 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1901 to 1215 and 112 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2123 rose and 1668 declined, while 205 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 2.33% to 20.20.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.56% or 10.20 to $1,803.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.52% or 2.32 to hit $94.25 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.25% or 2.19 to trade at $99.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 1.03, while USD/JPY rose 0.12% to 133.04.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 105.00.
