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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 1.11%, while the S&P 500 index added 1.39%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 1.65%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD), which rose 4.87% or 9.86 points to trade at 212.18 at the close. Meanwhile, Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) added 2.89% or 7.94 points to end at 282.97 and International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) was up 2.78% or 3.37 points to 124.72 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which fell 6.36% or 8.76 points to trade at 128.98 at the close. Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) declined 0.52% or 0.62 points to end at 118.78 and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) was down 0.42% or 0.65 points to 154.86.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc (NYSE:FCX) which rose 8.58% to 8.48, Invesco Plc (NYSE:IVZ) which was up 7.73% to settle at 7.80 and SVB Financial Group (NASDAQ:SIVB) which gained 7.60% to close at 184.00.
The worst performers were Arconic Inc (NYSE:ARNC) which was down 8.84% to 8.04 in late trade, Helmerich and Payne Inc (NYSE:HP) which lost 8.12% to settle at 17.77 and Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) which was down 6.36% to 128.98 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Mesoblast Ltd (NASDAQ:MESO) which rose 139.53% to 15.45, Microbot Medical Inc (NASDAQ:MBOT) which was up 47.91% to settle at 9.20 and Liberty Tripadvisor Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LTRPB) which gained 38.58% to close at 37.57.
The worst performers were Golden Bull Ltd (NASDAQ:DNJR) which was down 32.89% to 1.5300 in late trade, Akazoo SA (NASDAQ:SONG) which lost 22.32% to settle at 1.16 and Interpace Diagnostics Group Inc (NASDAQ:IDXG) which was down 15.11% to 5.0000 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1758 to 1112 and 68 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1767 rose and 874 declined, while 77 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mesoblast Ltd (NASDAQ:MESO) rose to 3-years highs; rising 139.53% or 9.00 to 15.45. Shares in Akazoo SA (NASDAQ:SONG) fell to all time lows; down 22.32% or 0.33 to 1.16.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 13.17% to 35.93 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.01% or 0.25 to $1745.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 4.18% or 0.69 to hit $17.19 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.72% or 0.58 to trade at $21.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.42% to 1.0821, while USD/JPY fell 0.04% to 107.53.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 100.265.
