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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.50%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.43%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.74%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE), which rose 2.42% or 2.41 points to trade at 101.92 at the close. Meanwhile, Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) added 2.13% or 7.66 points to end at 366.53 and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) was up 1.68% or 4.93 points to 297.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM), which fell 1.37% or 1.66 points to trade at 119.41 at the close. Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) declined 1.29% or 0.72 points to end at 54.94 and Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) was down 1.03% or 0.34 points to 32.77.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Mohawk Industries Inc (NYSE:MHK) which rose 12.64% to 103.88, TripAdvisor Inc (NASDAQ:TRIP) which was up 10.62% to settle at 20.11 and Sysco Corporation (NYSE:SYY) which gained 5.96% to close at 58.28.
The worst performers were American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) which was down 6.17% to 14.00 in late trade, Cboe Global Markets Inc (NYSE:CBOE) which lost 4.29% to settle at 95.76 and Fortinet Inc (NASDAQ:FTNT) which was down 4.06% to 137.07 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Translate Bio Inc (NASDAQ:TBIO) which rose 46.98% to 23.87, Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:INO) which was up 40.98% to settle at 21.57 and Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:SHIP) which gained 40.07% to close at 0.2800.
The worst performers were Sunesis Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:SNSS) which was down 43.01% to 0.3542 in late trade, MER Telemanagement Solutions Ltd (NASDAQ:MTSL) which lost 34.48% to settle at 1.330 and SINTX Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:SINT) which was down 29.35% to 1.420 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1626 to 1213 and 90 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1394 rose and 1305 declined, while 69 ended unchanged.
Shares in Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) rose to all time highs; up 2.13% or 7.66 to 366.53. Shares in Translate Bio Inc (NASDAQ:TBIO) rose to all time highs; rising 46.98% or 7.63 to 23.87. Shares in Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:INO) rose to 5-year highs; rising 40.98% or 6.27 to 21.57.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 1.26% to 31.37.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.00% or 17.65 to $1784.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.79% or 0.73 to hit $40.00 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.02 to trade at $42.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.05% to 1.1312, while USD/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 106.51.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 96.645.
