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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.60%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.17%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.81%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX), which rose 7.18% or 6.12 points to trade at 91.39 at the close. Meanwhile, Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM) added 5.06% or 2.15 points to end at 44.65 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) was up 2.83% or 2.71 points to 98.36 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which fell 1.38% or 5.43 points to trade at 388.00 at the close. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) declined 1.35% or 2.85 points to end at 208.75 and Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:V) was down 1.00% or 1.99 points to 196.48.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) which rose 10.96% to 17.41, Cimarex Energy Co (NYSE:XEC) which was up 10.91% to settle at 27.25 and Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE:DVN) which gained 10.52% to close at 11.35.
The worst performers were FirstEnergy Corporation (NYSE:FE) which was down 16.99% to 34.25 in late trade, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:VRTX) which lost 3.86% to settle at 291.40 and Maxim Integrated Products Inc (NASDAQ:MXIM) which was down 3.32% to 69.00 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Midatech Pharma PLC ADR (NASDAQ:MTP) which rose 152.94% to 4.3000, Novan Inc (NASDAQ:NOVN) which was up 78.26% to settle at 1.2300 and Histogenics Corp (NASDAQ:OCGN) which gained 61.25% to close at 0.3999.
The worst performers were BIO-Key International Inc (NASDAQ:BKYI) which was down 28.57% to 0.6200 in late trade, Biomerica Inc (NASDAQ:BMRA) which lost 24.34% to settle at 9.110 and ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ACAD) which was down 19.36% to 44.69 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2207 to 673 and 64 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1636 rose and 1086 declined, while 52 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 1.55% to 24.84.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.41% or 25.70 to $1843.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.49% or 0.61 to hit $41.53 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $43.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1530, while USD/JPY rose 0.02% to 106.78.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.68% at 95.118.
