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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 1.34% to hit a new 1-month low, while the S&P 500 index declined 1.18%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 1.83%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), which rose 1.38% or 2.15 points to trade at 158.08 at the close. Meanwhile, Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) added 1.26% or 1.82 points to end at 146.40 and Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) was up 0.97% or 1.92 points to 200.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM), which fell 11.74% or 33.46 points to trade at 251.50 at the close. Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) declined 4.88% or 9.66 points to end at 188.19 and Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) was down 3.95% or 2.17 points to 52.76.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:VRTX) which rose 9.66% to 205.00, Xerox Corp (NASDAQ:XRX) which was up 4.07% to settle at 19.17 and Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN) which gained 3.35% to close at 108.57.
The worst performers were Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM) which was down 11.74% to 251.50 in late trade, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd (NYSE:NCLH) which lost 8.82% to settle at 17.79 and Fortinet Inc (NASDAQ:FTNT) which was down 8.08% to 305.26 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Tantech Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:TANH) which rose 51.53% to 1.5000, Ucommune International Ltd (NASDAQ:UK) which was up 48.24% to settle at 0.980 and Arbutus Biopharma Corp (NASDAQ:ABUS) which gained 44.06% to close at 4.610.
The worst performers were BeyondSpring Inc (NASDAQ:BYSI) which was down 61.39% to 4.93 in late trade, Aeroclean Technologies LLC (NASDAQ:AERC) which lost 33.56% to settle at 16.61 and Pioneer Pow (NASDAQ:PPSI) which was down 30.07% to 7.070 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2395 to 880 and 123 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2879 fell and 878 advanced, while 160 ended unchanged.
Shares in Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd (NYSE:NCLH) fell to 52-week lows; down 8.82% or 1.72 to 17.79. Shares in Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.88% or 9.66 to 188.19. Shares in BeyondSpring Inc (NASDAQ:BYSI) fell to all time lows; falling 61.39% or 7.84 to 4.93. Shares in Aeroclean Technologies LLC (NASDAQ:AERC) fell to all time lows; falling 33.56% or 8.39 to 16.61.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 14.45% to 31.12 a new 6-months high.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.37% or 6.60 to $1783.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.70% or 0.46 to hit $65.72 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.10% or 0.07 to trade at $68.93 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.00% to 1.1320, while USD/JPY rose 0.02% to 112.78.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 96.043.
