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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.47%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.22%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX), which rose 3.24% or 5.09 points to trade at 161.99 at the close. Meanwhile, Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) added 2.84% or 5.45 points to end at 197.21 and Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) was up 2.22% or 1.21 points to 55.62 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), which fell 1.93% or 2.88 points to trade at 146.45 at the close. Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) declined 1.70% or 5.31 points to end at 306.90 and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) was down 1.61% or 8.77 points to 535.80.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) which rose 6.95% to 31.22, Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) which was up 6.90% to settle at 73.79 and Schlumberger NV (NYSE:SLB) which gained 6.61% to close at 39.36.
The worst performers were Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) which was down 7.32% to 39.86 in late trade, Pool Corporation (NASDAQ:POOL) which lost 3.72% to settle at 360.63 and Healthpeak Properties Inc (NYSE:PEAK) which was down 3.16% to 26.93 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Reviva Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:RVPH) which rose 53.04% to 1.49, Windtree Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:WINT) which was up 52.21% to settle at 0.70 and China Index Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:CIH) which gained 42.86% to close at 1.00.
The worst performers were WeTrade Group Inc (NASDAQ:WETG) which was down 39.02% to 3.22 in late trade, Golden Sun Education Group Ltd (NASDAQ:GSUN) which lost 38.93% to settle at 21.99 and Bright Minds Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:DRUG) which was down 38.43% to 1.33 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1553 to 1507 and 103 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1890 rose and 1849 declined, while 188 ended unchanged.
Shares in Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) rose to 3-years highs; rising 6.90% or 4.76 to 73.79.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 1.30% to 24.11.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.70% or 12.25 to $1,760.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 3.61% or 3.26 to hit $93.62 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 3.81% or 3.68 to trade at $100.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.27% to 1.00, while USD/JPY fell 0.51% to 136.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 108.48.
