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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.11%, while the S&P 500 index gained 1.14%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 1.48%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), which rose 3.12% or 8.22 points to trade at 271.32 at the close. Meanwhile, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) added 2.70% or 0.75 points to end at 28.55 and Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM) was up 2.45% or 4.09 points to 171.12 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX), which fell 0.56% or 0.96 points to trade at 171.01 at the close. Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) declined 0.37% or 0.40 points to end at 107.66 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) was up 0.19% or 0.48 points to 248.15.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Illumina Inc (NASDAQ:ILMN) which rose 9.85% to 215.94, Warner Bros Discovery Inc (NASDAQ:WBD) which was up 4.99% to settle at 14.93 and Generac Holdings Inc (NYSE:GNRC) which gained 4.80% to close at 122.26.
The worst performers were Fidelity National Information Services Inc (NYSE:FIS) which was down 12.48% to 66.02 in late trade, CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE:CF) which lost 4.02% to settle at 86.85 and Corteva Inc (NYSE:CTVA) which was down 3.09% to 62.48 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Vallon Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:VLON) which rose 90.27% to 0.88, China Jo-Jo Drugstores Inc (NASDAQ:CJJD) which was up 43.43% to settle at 7.10 and Contextlogic Inc (NASDAQ:WISH) which gained 37.34% to close at 0.88.
The worst performers were Frequency Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:FREQ) which was down 80.54% to 0.76 in late trade, Sorrento Therape (NASDAQ:SRNE) which lost 72.64% to settle at 0.26 and G1 Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:GTHX) which was down 53.16% to 3.34 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2227 to 811 and 81 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2235 rose and 1450 declined, while 161 ended unchanged.
Shares in Frequency Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:FREQ) fell to all time lows; falling 80.54% or 3.17 to 0.76. Shares in Sorrento Therape (NASDAQ:SRNE) fell to all time lows; losing 72.64% or 0.68 to 0.26. Shares in G1 Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:GTHX) fell to all time lows; losing 53.16% or 3.79 to 3.34.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.93% to 20.34.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.51% or 9.60 to $1,864.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.63% or 0.50 to hit $79.22 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.56% or 0.48 to trade at $85.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.45% to 1.07, while USD/JPY rose 0.75% to 132.40.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 103.20.
