U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.51%
2022.07.22 00:06
U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.51%
Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.51% to hit a new 1-month high, while the S&P 500 index added 0.99%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 1.36%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which rose 1.91% or 3.03 points to trade at 161.41 at the close. Meanwhile, Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM) added 1.59% or 2.90 points to end at 185.35 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) was up 1.58% or 5.09 points to 326.54 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ), which fell 2.87% or 1.41 points to trade at 47.66 at the close. Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) declined 2.19% or 1.15 points to end at 51.40 and International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) was down 1.57% or 2.03 points to 127.15.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) which rose 9.78% to 815.12, Nucor Corp (NYSE:NUE) which was up 9.15% to settle at 128.52 and Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR) which gained 9.07% to close at 279.23.
The worst performers were Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) which was down 11.18% to 9.85 in late trade, United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UAL) which lost 10.17% to settle at 37.44 and Pool Corporation (NASDAQ:POOL) which was down 10.13% to 356.57 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Addex Therapeutics Ltd (NASDAQ:ADXN) which rose 110.40% to 1.93, 1Life Healthcare Inc (NASDAQ:ONEM) which was up 69.45% to settle at 17.25 and Tabula Rasa HealthCare Inc (NASDAQ:TRHC) which gained 56.54% to close at 4.07.
The worst performers were LumiraDx Ltd (NASDAQ:LMDX) which was down 36.97% to 1.33 in late trade, NLS Pharmaceutics AG (NASDAQ:NLSP) which lost 31.08% to settle at 0.41 and Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc (NASDAQ:FFIE) which was down 26.51% to 3.41 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1889 to 1195 and 148 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2205 rose and 1513 declined, while 218 ended unchanged.
Shares in LumiraDx Ltd (NASDAQ:LMDX) fell to all time lows; down 36.97% or 0.78 to 1.33. Shares in NLS Pharmaceutics AG (NASDAQ:NLSP) fell to all time lows; losing 31.08% or 0.18 to 0.41.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 3.22% to 23.11 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.09% or 18.60 to $1,718.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.60% or 3.60 to hit $96.28 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.88% or 3.08 to trade at $103.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.45% to 1.02, while USD/JPY fell 0.56% to 137.43.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 106.52.
