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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.29%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.28%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD), which rose 4.21% or 14.71 points to trade at 363.81 at the close. Meanwhile, The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV) added 3.83% or 6.22 points to end at 168.83 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) was up 2.13% or 3.05 points to 146.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:V), which fell 1.98% or 4.08 points to trade at 201.85 at the close. Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) declined 1.44% or 1.15 points to end at 78.83 and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) was down 1.15% or 1.90 points to 162.97.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Gap Inc (NYSE:GPS) which rose 7.94% to 17.12, Bath Body Works Inc (NYSE:BBWI) which was up 5.90% to settle at 56.18 and Generac Holdlings Inc (NYSE:GNRC) which gained 5.49% to close at 286.05.
The worst performers were Signature Bank (NASDAQ:SBNY) which was down 3.73% to 314.17 in late trade, DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ:DISH) which lost 2.93% to settle at 30.83 and Electronic Arts Inc (NASDAQ:EA) which was down 2.74% to 135.20 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were ShiftPixy Inc (NASDAQ:PIXY) which rose 38.71% to 1.720, Greenwich Lifesciences Inc (NASDAQ:GLSI) which was up 26.99% to settle at 20.70 and Bt Brands Inc (NASDAQ:BTBD) which gained 25.61% to close at 3.10.
The worst performers were Yoshitsu Co Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:TKLF) which was down 84.11% to 4.69 in late trade, ReTo Eco-Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:RETO) which lost 54.89% to settle at 0.7850 and Pintec Technology Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:PT) which was down 52.66% to 0.6580 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1821 to 1517 and 107 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2076 rose and 1916 declined, while 162 ended unchanged.
Shares in The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV) rose to all time highs; up 3.83% or 6.22 to 168.83. Shares in Yoshitsu Co Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:TKLF) fell to all time lows; down 84.11% or 24.83 to 4.69.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 3.64% to 29.90 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.64% or 11.70 to $1843.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.21% or 1.03 to hit $84.11 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.05 to trade at $86.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1324, while USD/JPY rose 0.04% to 113.96.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 95.885.
