Thursday, December 26, 2024

US stock indices rose at the end of today’s session; The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.43%.

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© Reuters. US stock indices rose at the end of today’s session; The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.43%.

Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, , , and .

By the end of trading in New York, it was up 1.43%, and it hit its highest record level in less than a month, while it strengthened its position at 1.91% and rose about 2.37%.

The best performers of the session were Home Depot (NYSE: ), which rose 5.40% or 15.56 points to trade at 303.63. On the other hand, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:) was up 4.56% or 0.92 points to end at 21.09 while Dow Inc (NYSE::) was up 3.68% or 1.81 points to 51.05. End of session.

On weak performance at the close of today’s trade, Goose Travelers Company (NYSE: ) lost 1.35% or 2.30 points to trade at 168.70 at the close. UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE:) was down 0.39% or 2.11 points to 540.46 while Merck & Co (NYSE:) was down 0.29% or 0.30 points to 102.17.

On the other hand, the best performing stocks in the S&P 500 index were recorded. Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ: ), which rose 16.35% to 91.39, Alexandria Real Estate Stocks (NYSE: ) gained 11.67% to end at 105.32. Similarly, First Solar Company (NASDAQ: ) rose 11.43% to end at 149.14.

Among the weakest performing stocks today, McKesson Corp. (NYSE: ), which fell 3.57% to end the session at 453.82, according to CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ), which lost 2.45% to 211.76, and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ), which lost 2.37% to close today’s session at 369.95 on the stock market.

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On the other hand, the top performer on the Nasdaq index was Biocardia Inc (NASDAQ: ), which rose 168.17% to trade at 1.07, reAlpha Tech Corp (NASDAQ: Turnstone Biology Corp (NASDAQ: ) rose about 66.11% to trade at 2.99.

Among the weak performing stocks today were Beauty Health Co. (NASDAQ: ), which plunged 64.36% to close the session at 1.39. Applied UV Inc (NASDAQ: ), which lost 40.76% to 0.16 shares Go to Kamida Ltd. (NASDAQ: ), which weakened 37.67% in today’s session to close at 0.37.

The number of stocks that gained more than closed lower in trading on the New York Stock Exchange was 2655 compared to 282 and 38 were unchanged. In terms of NASDAQ stock market, 2672 stocks strengthened their position, 834 stocks declined, while 84 stocks maintained their value.

Beauty Health Co (NASDAQ: )’s stock sank to new record lows, dropping 64.36% or 2.51 points to trade at 1.39. Applied UV Inc (NASDAQ: ) lost 40.76% or 0.11 points to hit an all-time low at 0.16. Gamida Cell Ltd (NASDAQ: ) fell 37.67% or 0.22 points to hit an all-time low of 0.37.

It measures the implied standard deviation of options on the S&P 500 index, which fell 4.07% to close at 14.16, hitting its highest record level in a month.

Gold futures for December delivery rose 0.85%, or 16.55, to settle at $1,966.75 an ounce. In other commodities trading, WTI crude futures for December delivery fell 0.15%, or 0.12, to settle at $78.14 a barrel, while the January contract for Brent oil contracts was down 0.10%, or 0.08 points. , and closed at $82.44 per barrel.

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The EUR/USD pair added 1.68% to trade at 1.09 levels, while the USD/JPY pair continued to decline by 0.88% to reach 150.38 levels.

Dollar index contracts traded down 1.48% at 103.94.

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