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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.28%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.13%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX), which rose 2.98% or 4.29 points to trade at 148.48 at the close. Meanwhile, The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV) added 2.28% or 3.56 points to end at 159.98 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) was up 1.79% or 3.19 points to 181.81 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM), which fell 2.84% or 5.18 points to trade at 177.29 at the close. McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) declined 1.42% or 3.61 points to end at 250.38 and Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) was down 0.96% or 1.52 points to 156.64.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were SVB Financial Group (NASDAQ:SIVB) which rose 8.25% to 391.16, Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) which was up 6.57% to settle at 23.18 and CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE:CF) which gained 6.45% to close at 90.28.
The worst performers were Newmont Goldcorp Corp (NYSE:NEM) which was down 13.23% to 44.59 in late trade, Align Technology Inc (NASDAQ:ALGN) which lost 5.19% to settle at 252.07 and IDEXX Laboratories Inc (NASDAQ:IDXX) which was down 4.56% to 375.56 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were GeoVax Labs Inc (NASDAQ:GOVX) which rose 150.39% to 1.59, Redbox Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ:RDBX) which was up 81.97% to settle at 5.55 and Virax Biolabs Group Ltd (NASDAQ:VRAX) which gained 62.48% to close at 16.80.
The worst performers were Yoshitsu Co Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:TKLF) which was down 29.57% to 1.62 in late trade, Enveric Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:ENVB) which lost 28.36% to settle at 6.92 and Addex Therapeutics Ltd (NASDAQ:ADXN) which was down 28.28% to 1.42 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1868 to 1233 and 139 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1960 fell and 1828 advanced, while 183 ended unchanged.
Shares in Newmont Goldcorp Corp (NYSE:NEM) fell to 52-week lows; falling 13.23% or 6.80 to 44.59. Shares in Enveric Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:ENVB) fell to all time lows; losing 28.36% or 2.74 to 6.92.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 1.43% to 23.36.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.59% or 10.15 to $1,717.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.13% or 2.02 to hit $96.72 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.78% or 1.75 to trade at $100.13 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.14% to 1.02, while USD/JPY rose 0.43% to 136.63.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 106.31.
