At The Close Of The New York Stock Exchange Only NASDAQ Composite Fell 0.11%
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At the close of the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones rose 0.12%, the S&P 500 rose 0.07%, and the NASDAQ Composite fell 0.11%.
Markets are also awaiting information from the US labor market, which will be published on Friday. According to market strategist at Nikko Asset Management John Weil, the data for February may turn out to be worse than in January, and this will calm investors a bit in their fears of too sharp tightening of monetary policy.
Dow Jones
Merck & Company Inc was the top performer among the components of the Dow Jones index today, up 4.22 points or 3.95% to close at 111.10. Apple Inc rose 2.80 points or 1.85% to close at 153.83. Coca-Cola Co rose 0.92 points or 1.55% to close at 60.36.
Shares of Dow Inc became the leaders of the fall, the price of which fell by 1.21 points (2.07%), ending the session at 57.11. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc was up 1.77% or 0.64 points to close at 35.45, while Intel Corporation was down 1.55% or 0.41 points to close at 25.99
S&P 500
Leading gainers among the components of the S&P 500 in today's trading were Lumen Technologies Inc, which rose 4.10% to 3.30, Merck & Company Inc, which gained 3.95% to close at 111.10. as well as Enphase Energy Inc, which rose 3.77% to end the session at 225.35.
DexCom Inc was the leading gainer, shedding 7.87% to close at 113.25. Shares of Newell Brands Inc shed 7.23% to end the session at 13.48. VF Corporation (NYSE:VFC) was down 5.37% to 24.85.
NASDAQ
The top performers in the NASDAQ Composite Index today were Appreciate Holdings Inc, which rose 152.89% to hit 3.06, Unicycive Therapeutics Inc, which gained 153.06% to close at 1.24, and also shares of Bellerophon Therapeutics Inc, which rose 94.11% to end the session at 3.51.
The leading gainers were Aclaris Therapeutics Inc, which shed 44.68% to close at 7.07. Shares of Rubius Therapeutics Inc shed 33.55% to end the session at 0.08. Quotes of Embark Technology Inc decreased in price by 32.81% to 2.56.
Numbers
On the New York Stock Exchange, the number of depreciated securities (1981) exceeded the number of closed in positive territory (1051), and quotes of 109 shares remained virtually unchanged. On the NASDAQ stock exchange, 2,420 companies fell in price, 1,237 rose, and 143 remained at the level of the previous close.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which is based on S&P 500 options trading, rose 0.65% to 18.61.
Gold
Gold futures for April delivery lost 0.12%, or 2.15, to hit $1.00 a troy ounce. In other commodities, WTI April futures rose 1.10%, or 0.88, to $80.56 a barrel. Futures for Brent crude for May delivery rose 0.55%, or 0.47, to $86.30 a barrel.
Forex
Meanwhile, in the Forex market, the EUR/USD pair remained unchanged at 0.44% to 1.07, while USD/JPY edged up 0.06% to hit 135.93.
Futures on the USD index fell 0.21% to 104.27.
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