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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.04%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.94%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 2.13%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE), which rose 4.08% or 1.38 points to trade at 35.21 at the close. Meanwhile, UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) added 2.91% or 8.48 points to end at 299.71 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) was up 2.00% or 2.56 points to 130.57 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), which fell 3.09% or 6.60 points to trade at 207.07 at the close. Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) declined 2.61% or 3.12 points to end at 116.22 and Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:V) was down 1.83% or 3.53 points to 189.02.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Wynn Resorts Limited (NASDAQ:WYNN) which rose 9.62% to 81.27, Mohawk Industries Inc (NYSE:MHK) which was up 8.70% to settle at 76.60 and Maxim Integrated Products Inc (NASDAQ:MXIM) which gained 8.11% to close at 69.29.
The worst performers were Fortinet Inc (NASDAQ:FTNT) which was down 10.07% to 131.12 in late trade, Analog Devices Inc (NASDAQ:ADI) which lost 5.82% to settle at 117.25 and Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) which was down 5.45% to 15.28 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Equillium Inc (NASDAQ:EQ) which rose 730.72% to 26.50, Electrocore LLC (NASDAQ:ECOR) which was up 109.41% to settle at 1.780 and WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc (NASDAQ:WIMI) which gained 69.10% to close at 24.74.
The worst performers were Celsion Corp (NASDAQ:CLSN) which was down 63.97% to 1.290 in late trade, NextCure Inc (NASDAQ:NXTC) which lost 54.42% to settle at 8.15 and Gritstone Oncology Inc (NASDAQ:GRTS) which was down 50.31% to 4.02 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1831 to 1039 and 62 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1911 fell and 816 advanced, while 42 ended unchanged.
Shares in Maxim Integrated Products Inc (NASDAQ:MXIM) rose to 5-year highs; rising 8.11% or 5.20 to 69.29. Shares in Equillium Inc (NASDAQ:EQ) rose to all time highs; rising 730.72% or 23.31 to 26.50. Shares in NextCure Inc (NASDAQ:NXTC) fell to all time lows; losing 54.42% or 9.73 to 8.15. Shares in WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc (NASDAQ:WIMI) rose to all time highs; gaining 69.10% or 10.11 to 24.74. Shares in Gritstone Oncology Inc (NASDAQ:GRTS) fell to all time lows; losing 50.31% or 4.07 to 4.02.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 17.96% to 32.19.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.16% or 2.90 to $1804.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.39% or 0.97 to hit $39.58 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.17% or 0.07 to trade at $42.18 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1344, while USD/JPY rose 0.02% to 107.28.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 96.510.
