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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.43%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.74%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 1.67%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW), which rose 3.26% or 1.39 points to trade at 44.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) added 2.37% or 1.83 points to end at 78.93 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) was up 2.37% or 8.78 points to 379.24 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which fell 2.04% or 3.55 points to trade at 170.21 at the close. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) declined 2.02% or 1.02 points to end at 49.57 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) was down 1.65% or 0.67 points to 39.84.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ALXN) which rose 5.28% to 106.85, Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE:WY) which was up 5.25% to settle at 27.48 and Biogen Inc (NASDAQ:BIIB) which gained 5.09% to close at 286.19.
The worst performers were Hasbro Inc (NASDAQ:HAS) which was down 7.41% to 71.84 in late trade, Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) which lost 7.09% to settle at 13.75 and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd (NYSE:NCLH) which was down 6.95% to 13.38 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Wilhelmina (NASDAQ:WHLM) which rose 108.84% to 7.80, MediciNova Inc (NASDAQ:MNOV) which was up 95.04% to settle at 11.00 and Histogenics Corp (NASDAQ:OCGN) which gained 66.62% to close at 0.6280.
The worst performers were WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc (NASDAQ:WIMI) which was down 34.97% to 7.29 in late trade, Ascena Retail Group Inc (NASDAQ:ASNA) which lost 33.33% to settle at 0.86 and Professional Diversity Network Inc (NASDAQ:IPDN) which was down 31.09% to 1.3300 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1838 to 1234 and 67 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1637 rose and 1169 declined, while 52 ended unchanged.
Shares in Wilhelmina (NASDAQ:WHLM) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 108.84% or 4.07 to 7.80. Shares in MediciNova Inc (NASDAQ:MNOV) rose to 52-week highs; up 95.04% or 5.36 to 11.00.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.26% to 24.74.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 2.11% or 40.10 to $1937.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.87% or 0.36 to hit $41.65 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.03 to trade at $43.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.1753, while USD/JPY rose 0.02% to 105.39.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.82% at 93.610.
