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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.82% to hit a new 52-week high, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.59%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), which rose 4.26% or 0.85 points to trade at 20.79 at the close. Meanwhile, Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) added 3.26% or 3.58 points to end at 113.48 and Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM) was up 3.21% or 8.09 points to 259.99 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which fell 2.15% or 0.96 points to trade at 43.74 at the close. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) declined 1.16% or 4.40 points to end at 374.51 and Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) was down 0.86% or 1.34 points to 154.35.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Boston Properties Inc (NYSE:BXP) which rose 11.15% to 63.28, Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA) which was up 10.81% to settle at 472.03 and Paramount Global Class B (NASDAQ:PARA) which gained 9.81% to close at 15.78.
The worst performers were Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) which was down 5.17% to 28.89 in late trade, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) which lost 2.15% to settle at 43.74 and Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) which was down 1.74% to 465.74 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Neximmune Inc (NASDAQ:NEXI) which rose 144.94% to 6.05, Green Giant Inc (NASDAQ:GGE) which was up 66.43% to settle at 0.31 and View Inc (NASDAQ:VIEW) which gained 63.26% to close at 1.03.
The worst performers were Polar Power Inc (NASDAQ:POLA) which was down 46.34% to 0.46 in late trade, Smart for Life Inc (NASDAQ:SMFL) which lost 43.57% to settle at 1.36 and Incannex Healthcare Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:IXHL) which was down 33.79% to 5.29 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2469 to 466 and 40 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2641 rose and 840 declined, while 77 ended unchanged.
Shares in Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) fell to 3-years lows; losing 5.17% or 1.58 to 28.89. Shares in Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.21% or 8.09 to 259.99. Shares in Polar Power Inc (NASDAQ:POLA) fell to all time lows; falling 46.34% or 0.39 to 0.46. Shares in Smart for Life Inc (NASDAQ:SMFL) fell to all time lows; losing 43.57% or 1.05 to 1.36.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 2.24% to 12.63.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.62% or 33.00 to $2,071.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.17% or 1.65 to hit $74.31 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 2.18% or 1.76 to trade at $79.10 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 1.09, while USD/JPY fell 0.91% to 146.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 103.15.
