U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.11%
Investing.com
Published Nov 18, 2019 05:25PM ET
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 Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.11% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.05%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), which rose 2.06% or 2.98 points to trade at 147.65 at the close. Meanwhile, UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) added 1.31% or 3.53 points to end at 272.93 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) was up 1.23% or 1.14 points to 94.18 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX), which fell 1.73% or 2.09 points to trade at 118.55 at the close. Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) declined 1.18% or 1.72 points to end at 143.59 and Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) was down 0.98% or 0.54 points to 54.32.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) which rose 3.96% to 212.28, Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE:JEF) which was up 3.88% to settle at 19.83 and Discovery Inc Class A (NASDAQ:DISCA) which gained 3.50% to close at 30.76.
The worst performers were ABIOMED Inc (NASDAQ:ABMD) which was down 20.22% to 178.09 in late trade, Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NKTR) which lost 8.35% to settle at 18.01 and Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (NYSE:COG) which was down 5.50% to 17.17 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Karuna Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:KRTX) which rose 442.99% to 96.00, Rave Restaurant Group Inc (NASDAQ:RAVE) which was up 37.24% to settle at 1.990 and Evoke Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:EVOK) which gained 34.55% to close at 1.48.
The worst performers were InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:NVIV) which was down 37.48% to 0.27 in late trade, Urban Tea Inc (NASDAQ:MYT) which lost 30.10% to settle at 0.6892 and Phio Pharmaceuticals Corp (NASDAQ:PHIO) which was down 26.99% to 0.1388 at the close.
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Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1624 to 1219 and 104 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1556 fell and 1093 advanced, while 70 ended unchanged.
Shares in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.96% or 8.09 to 212.28. Shares in Karuna Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:KRTX) rose to all time highs; rising 442.99% or 78.32 to 96.00. Shares in InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:NVIV) fell to all time lows; falling 37.48% or 0.16 to 0.27. Shares in Phio Pharmaceuticals Corp (NASDAQ:PHIO) fell to all time lows; down 26.99% or 0.0513 to 0.1388.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 3.40% to 12.46.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.23% or 3.35 to $1471.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.47% or 0.85 to hit $56.98 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.67% or 1.06 to trade at $62.24 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1074, while USD/JPY rose 0.02% to 108.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 97.695.
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