U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.69%

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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.69%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.34%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.42%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which rose 5.15% or 24.38 points to trade at 497.48 at the close. Meanwhile, Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) added 1.61% or 1.74 points to end at 109.75 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) was up 0.91% or 2.55 points to 283.23 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which fell 1.23% or 2.08 points to trade at 167.50 at the close. Raytheon Technologies Corp (NYSE:RTX) declined 1.18% or 0.72 points to end at 60.27 and Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM) was down 0.75% or 0.31 points to 41.01.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) which rose 5.15% to 497.48, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) which was up 4.47% to settle at 507.34 and Estee Lauder Companies Inc (NYSE:EL) which gained 4.41% to close at 207.01.

The worst performers were Keysight Technologies Inc (NYSE:KEYS) which was down 6.75% to 95.88 in late trade, Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) which lost 4.36% to settle at 5.27 and News Corp B (NASDAQ:NWS) which was down 3.69% to 14.63 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Hancock Jaffe Laboratories (NASDAQ:HJLI) which rose 63.89% to 0.4602, Harpoon Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:HARP) which was up 30.63% to settle at 15.31 and Bio Path Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:BPTH) which gained 30.30% to close at 5.16.

The worst performers were Stein Mart Inc (NASDAQ:SMRT) which was down 34.60% to 0.0739 in late trade, Gevo Inc (NASDAQ:GEVO) which lost 32.42% to settle at 1.230 and VivoPower International PLC (NASDAQ:VVPR) which was down 27.02% to 2.620 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2030 to 991 and 104 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1954 fell and 863 advanced, while 55 ended unchanged.

Shares in Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) rose to all time highs; rising 5.15% or 24.38 to 497.48. Shares in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) rose to all time highs; rising 4.47% or 21.70 to 507.34. Shares in Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.15% or 24.38 to 497.48. Shares in Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) rose to all time highs; up 1.61% or 1.74 to 109.75. Shares in Stein Mart Inc (NASDAQ:SMRT) fell to all time lows; falling 34.60% or 0.0391 to 0.0739.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.79% to 22.54.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.06% or 1.10 to $1947.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.21% or 0.52 to hit $42.30 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.34% or 0.60 to trade at $44.30 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.53% to 1.1796, while USD/JPY rose 0.01% to 105.81.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 93.205.