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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.46% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.10%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which rose 2.46% or 5.13 points to trade at 214.02 at the close. Meanwhile, Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) added 2.13% or 3.10 points to end at 148.68 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) was up 2.11% or 1.00 points to 48.44 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM), which fell 2.38% or 5.94 points to trade at 243.38 at the close. Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:V) declined 0.78% or 1.87 points to end at 238.13 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) was down 0.77% or 1.31 points to 169.47.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Nucor Corp (NYSE:NUE) which rose 9.57% to 118.09, Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) which was up 7.44% to settle at 289.67 and Sysco Corporation (NYSE:SYY) which gained 6.55% to close at 78.26.
The worst performers were Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) which was down 5.36% to 75.91 in late trade, ABIOMED Inc (NASDAQ:ABMD) which lost 3.98% to settle at 332.84 and Teleflex Incorporated (NYSE:TFX) which was down 3.97% to 360.23 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Fulcrum Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:FULC) which rose 123.77% to 18.640, Mediaco Holding Inc (NASDAQ:MDIA) which was up 36.03% to settle at 10.080 and Orphazyme (NASDAQ:ORPH) which gained 24.11% to close at 5.200.
The worst performers were Katapult Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:KPLT) which was down 56.32% to 4.25 in late trade, China XD Plastics Company Limited (NASDAQ:CXDC) which lost 26.77% to settle at 0.7689 and Impel Neuropharma Inc (NASDAQ:IMPL) which was down 25.45% to 19.480 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1796 to 1426 and 114 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1880 fell and 1611 advanced, while 140 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nucor Corp (NYSE:NUE) rose to all time highs; gaining 9.57% or 10.31 to 118.09. Shares in Fulcrum Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:FULC) rose to 52-week highs; rising 123.77% or 10.310 to 18.640. Shares in Katapult Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:KPLT) fell to all time lows; losing 56.32% or 5.48 to 4.25.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.42% to 16.79.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.18% or 3.15 to $1729.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.99% or 1.99 to hit $68.47 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.52% or 1.74 to trade at $70.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.1718, while USD/JPY rose 0.28% to 110.58.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 93.082.
