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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.01%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.52%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 1.21%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM), which rose 2.04% or 5.04 points to trade at 251.68 at the close. Meanwhile, Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) added 1.96% or 0.98 points to end at 51.07 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) was up 1.76% or 4.93 points to 285.58 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which fell 3.20% or 4.91 points to trade at 148.60 at the close. JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) declined 3.11% or 3.19 points to end at 99.28 and The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV) was down 2.02% or 2.31 points to 112.15.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ALXN) which rose 6.31% to 115.58, Qorvo Inc (NASDAQ:QRVO) which was up 5.82% to settle at 129.99 and Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) which gained 5.31% to close at 10.71.
The worst performers were Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) which was down 10.76% to 15.93 in late trade, Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C) which lost 6.94% to settle at 44.81 and Coty Inc (NYSE:COTY) which was down 6.19% to 3.18 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Novus Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:NVUS) which rose 192.88% to 1.1100, Marinus Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:MRNS) which was up 51.66% to settle at 3.200 and Oasis Petroleum Inc (NASDAQ:OAS) which gained 28.34% to close at 0.519.
The worst performers were Nano X Imaging Ltd (NASDAQ:NNOX) which was down 22.78% to 38.00 in late trade, Francescas Holdings (NASDAQ:FRAN) which lost 22.19% to settle at 3.94 and 89bio Inc (NASDAQ:ETNB) which was down 17.17% to 30.44 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1666 to 1395 and 91 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1454 rose and 1367 declined, while 97 ended unchanged.
Shares in Coty Inc (NYSE:COTY) fell to all time lows; down 6.19% or 0.21 to 3.18. Shares in Marinus Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:MRNS) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 51.66% or 1.090 to 3.200.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 1.01% to 25.59.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.09% or 1.75 to $1961.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 3.06% or 1.14 to hit $38.40 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.10% or 0.04 to trade at $40.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1849, while USD/JPY fell 0.00% to 105.42.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 93.115.
