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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.59% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.06%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 1.33%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which rose 5.35% or 11.08 points to trade at 218.08 at the close. Meanwhile, JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) added 3.79% or 6.13 points to end at 167.83 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) was up 3.21% or 5.40 points to 173.61 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM), which fell 2.83% or 7.23 points to trade at 248.23 at the close. Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) declined 2.45% or 1.54 points to end at 61.25 and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) was down 2.27% or 11.38 points to 490.90.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) which rose 11.67% to 24.31, General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) which was up 7.47% to settle at 65.74 and Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) which gained 7.47% to close at 33.38.
The worst performers were Generac Holdlings Inc (NYSE:GNRC) which was down 4.55% to 332.07 in late trade, PerkinElmer Inc (NYSE:PKI) which lost 4.55% to settle at 183.45 and Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc (NYSE:BIO) which was down 4.53% to 702.09 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were ATA Inc (NASDAQ:AACG) which rose 114.29% to 2.550, Hoth Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:HOTH) which was up 85.71% to settle at 1.3000 and NLS Pharmaceutics AG (NASDAQ:NLSP) which gained 26.05% to close at 1.500.
The worst performers were Gritstone Oncology Inc (NASDAQ:GRTS) which was down 42.41% to 7.020 in late trade, AVROBIO Inc (NASDAQ:AVRO) which lost 36.63% to settle at 2.560 and Valneva SE ADR (NASDAQ:VALN) which was down 22.59% to 39.47 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1782 to 1506 and 89 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2263 fell and 1530 advanced, while 160 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) rose to 5-year highs; rising 11.67% or 2.54 to 24.31. Shares in General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) rose to all time highs; up 7.47% or 4.57 to 65.74. Shares in AVROBIO Inc (NASDAQ:AVRO) fell to all time lows; falling 36.63% or 1.480 to 2.560.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 1.80% to 16.91.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.82% or 14.80 to $1814.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.46% or 1.11 to hit $77.19 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $80.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1286, while USD/JPY fell 0.02% to 116.11.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 96.280.
