U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.32%

This post was originally published on this site

https://i-invdn-com.akamaized.net/news/LYNXMPEA5N0R4_M.jpg

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.32%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.70%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 1.23%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which rose 2.93% or 1.87 points to trade at 65.63 at the close. Meanwhile, Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) added 2.83% or 3.40 points to end at 123.39 and Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) was up 2.69% or 1.32 points to 50.30 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), which fell 2.69% or 4.17 points to trade at 150.97 at the close. Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) declined 1.79% or 4.59 points to end at 251.23 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) was down 1.41% or 4.87 points to 339.33.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) which rose 11.12% to 249.09, KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ:KLAC) which was up 4.26% to settle at 305.36 and Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT) which gained 3.89% to close at 119.33.

The worst performers were TripAdvisor Inc (NASDAQ:TRIP) which was down 10.52% to 53.68 in late trade, SVB Financial Group (NASDAQ:SIVB) which lost 6.03% to settle at 511.76 and Nordstrom Inc (NYSE:JWN) which was down 5.77% to 40.04 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Support.com Inc (NASDAQ:SPRT) which rose 231.78% to 7.100, Jiayin Group Inc (NASDAQ:JFIN) which was up 78.10% to settle at 14.64 and Summer Infant Inc (NASDAQ:SUMR) which gained 38.62% to close at 18.0200.

The worst performers were Odonate Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ODT) which was down 79.19% to 3.96 in late trade, Euroseas Ltd (NASDAQ:ESEA) which lost 20.94% to settle at 10.95 and Farmmi Inc (NASDAQ:FAMI) which was down 18.57% to 1.1400 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 0 to 0; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 0 fell and 0 advanced.

Shares in Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) rose to all time highs; rising 11.12% or 24.93 to 249.09. Shares in Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.69% or 1.32 to 50.30. Shares in Support.com Inc (NASDAQ:SPRT) rose to 5-year highs; up 231.78% or 4.960 to 7.100. Shares in Odonate Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ODT) fell to all time lows; down 79.19% or 15.07 to 3.96. Shares in Jiayin Group Inc (NASDAQ:JFIN) rose to 52-week highs; rising 78.10% or 6.42 to 14.64.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 9.88% to 18.88 a new 52-week low.

Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.25% or 4.40 to $1733.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.81% or 0.50 to hit $61.06 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.30% or 0.19 to trade at $64.07 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1932, while USD/JPY rose 0.01% to 108.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 91.838.