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U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.11%
Published Dec 17, 2019 05:25PM ET
© Reuters. U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.11%
Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.11% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.03%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS), which rose 1.36% or 3.11 points to trade at 231.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) added 1.25% or 1.77 points to end at 143.56 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) was up 1.03% or 1.27 points to 124.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), which fell 1.23% or 0.71 points to trade at 57.09 at the close. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) declined 0.69% or 0.40 points to end at 57.30 and McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) was down 0.69% or 1.36 points to 196.52.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Albemarle Corp (NYSE:ALB) which rose 3.88% to 68.77, Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) which was up 3.70% to settle at 315.48 and Mosaic Co (NYSE:MOS) which gained 3.44% to close at 20.15.
The worst performers were Cardinal Health Inc (NYSE:CAH) which was down 3.97% to 51.57 in late trade, CenturyLink Inc (NYSE:CTL) which lost 3.31% to settle at 13.13 and AmerisourceBergen (NYSE:ABC) which was down 3.27% to 83.15 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Inpixon (NASDAQ:INPX) which rose 99.74% to 0.0769, Oncolytics Biotech Inc (NASDAQ:ONCY) which was up 34.33% to settle at 1.800 and Pacific Ethanol Inc (NASDAQ:PEIX) which gained 31.02% to close at 0.629.
The worst performers were Proteostasis Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:PTI) which was down 63.68% to 1.58 in late trade, Sienna Biopharmaceuticals Inc (OTC:SNNAQ) which lost 55.89% to settle at 0.06 and Adamas Pharma (NASDAQ:ADMS) which was down 43.29% to 4.14 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1730 to 1109 and 87 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1468 rose and 1195 declined, while 83 ended unchanged.
Shares in Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.36% or 3.11 to 231.15. Shares in Sienna Biopharmaceuticals Inc (OTC:SNNAQ) fell to all time lows; losing 55.89% or 0.08 to 0.06.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 1.24% to 12.29.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.00% or 0.05 to $1480.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.57% or 0.34 to hit $60.48 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.06 to trade at $65.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1152, while USD/JPY rose 0.00% to 109.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 96.752.
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