At the close of the day on the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones rose 1.60%, the S&P 500 rose 1.49%, the NASDAQ Composite index rose 1.54%.
Dow Jones
The leading performer among the components of the Dow Jones index today was Nike Inc, which gained 12.57 points or 12.18% to close at 115.78. Quotes Boeing Co rose by 7.71 points (4.09%), ending trading at 196.00. Caterpillar Inc rose 2.80% or 6.59 points to close at 241.73.
The leaders of the fall were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc, which shed 0.93 points or 2.35% to end the session at 38.60. The Walt Disney Company rose 0.10 points (0.11%) to close at 86.92, while McDonald's Corporation rose 0.91 points (0.34%) to close at 268. 16.
S&P 500
Leading gainers among the S&P 500 index components in today's trading were Nike Inc, which rose 12.18% to 115.78, APA Corporation, which gained 5.76% to close at 46.67, and Etsy Inc, which rose 5.69% to end the session at 134.33.
The leaders of the fall were Host Hotels & Resorts Inc, which shed 6.09% to close at 15.88. Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc shed 2.35% to end the session at 38.60. Quotes Western Digital Corporation fell in price by 2.18% to 31.38.
NASDAQ
The top gainers among the components of the NASDAQ Composite in today's trading were Gorilla Technology Group Inc, which rose 69.79% to 4.74, SINTX Technologies Inc, which gained 57.16% to close at 11.74. as well as shares of Rekor Systems Inc, which rose 56.45% to close the session at 0.93.
The leaders of the fall were Meiwu Technology Co Ltd, which shed 83.43% to close at 0.32. Shares of Core Scientific Inc lost 75.53% and ended the session at 0.05. Quotes Icecure Medical Ltd fell in price by 46.92% to 1.38.
Numbers
On the New York Stock Exchange, the number of securities that rose in price (2414) exceeded the number of those that closed in the red (679), while quotes of 99 shares remained virtually unchanged. On the NASDAQ stock exchange, 2469 companies rose in price, 1219 fell, and 186 remained at the level of the previous close.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which is based on S&P 500 options trading, fell 6.56% to 20.07.
Gold
Gold futures for February delivery lost 0.04%, or 0.65, to hit $1.00 a troy ounce. In other commodities, WTI crude for February delivery rose 2.90%, or 2.21, to $78.44 a barrel. Futures for Brent crude for February delivery rose 2.91%, or 2.33, to $82.32 a barrel.
Forex
Meanwhile, in the Forex market, the EUR/USD pair was unchanged 0.08% to 1.06, while USD/JPY was up 0.47% to hit 132.32.
Futures on the USD index rose 0.24% to 103.85.
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