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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.62%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.83%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 1.43%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Raytheon Technologies Corp (NYSE:RTX), which rose 2.57% or 1.68 points to trade at 67.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) added 2.25% or 4.53 points to end at 206.31 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) was up 2.23% or 2.27 points to 103.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK), which fell 2.99% or 2.28 points to trade at 74.02 at the close. Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) declined 1.26% or 1.16 points to end at 91.23 and Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) was down 1.16% or 0.39 points to 33.36.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were ViacomCBS Inc (NASDAQ:VIAC) which rose 8.69% to 24.89, Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN) which was up 7.17% to settle at 63.50 and ONEOK Inc (NYSE:OKE) which gained 6.89% to close at 36.44.
The worst performers were Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (NYSE:COG) which was down 3.34% to 19.40 in late trade, Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) which lost 2.99% to settle at 74.02 and Corteva Inc (NYSE:CTVA) which was down 2.80% to 26.77 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Urban One Inc Bats (NASDAQ:UONE) which rose 255.43% to 6.540, Stellar Biotechnologies Inc (NASDAQ:EDSA) which was up 100.00% to settle at 5.80 and China HGS Real Estate Inc (NASDAQ:HGSH) which gained 72.00% to close at 1.2900.
The worst performers were Dragon Victory International Ltd (NASDAQ:LYL) which was down 19.35% to 1.250 in late trade, Arts-Way Manufacturing Co Inc (NASDAQ:ARTW) which lost 16.72% to settle at 2.540 and Extraction Oil & Gas Inc (NASDAQ:XOG) which was down 16.68% to 0.533 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1913 to 952 and 69 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1966 rose and 725 declined, while 50 ended unchanged.
Shares in Urban One Inc Bats (NASDAQ:UONE) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 255.43% or 4.700 to 6.540. Shares in China HGS Real Estate Inc (NASDAQ:HGSH) rose to 52-week highs; up 72.00% or 0.5400 to 1.2900.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.68% to 34.40.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.32% or 5.50 to $1731.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.29% or 0.83 to hit $37.09 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.01 to trade at $39.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1325, while USD/JPY rose 0.04% to 107.36.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.73% at 96.615.
