At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.28%, while the S&P 500 index added 1.45%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 1.52%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Goldman Sachs Group Inc (N:GS), which rose 2.31% or 4.20 points to trade at 186.21 at the close. Meanwhile, General Electric Company (N:GE) added 2.18% or 0.66 points to end at 30.98 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (N:JPM) was up 2.16% or 1.43 points to 67.53 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EI du Pont de Nemours and Company (N:DD), which fell 0.41% or 0.27 points to trade at 66.23 at the close. Exxon Mobil Corporation (N:XOM) declined 0.35% or 0.28 points to end at 79.15 and Intel Corporation (O:INTC) was up 0.34% or 0.12 points to 35.30.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were First Solar Inc (O:FSLR) which rose 9.68% to 65.62, Honeywell International Inc (N:HON) which was up 5.70% to settle at 104.08 and Whirlpool Corporation (N:WHR) which gained 5.56% to close at 153.10.
The worst performers were Pioneer Natural Resources Company (N:PXD) which was down 7.04% to 134.40 in late trade, Marathon Oil Corporation (N:MRO) which lost 4.70% to settle at 13.78 and Cimarex Energy Co (N:XEC) which was down 4.31% to 100.56 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Acasti Pharma Inc (O:ACST) which rose 56.91% to 2.520, Enphase Energy Inc (O:ENPH) which was up 38.59% to settle at 3.340 and China Finance Online Co Limited (O:JRJC) which gained 38.16% to close at 6.300.
The worst performers were Moko Social (O:MOKO) which was down 21.84% to 0.68 in late trade, Lakeland Industries Inc (O:LAKE) which lost 20.45% to settle at 11.90 and Macrocure Ltd (O:MCUR) which was down 19.35% to 1.25 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2774 to 677 and 6 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1926 rose and 716 declined, while 55 ended unchanged.
Shares in First Solar Inc (O:FSLR) rose to 52-week highs; rising 9.68% or 5.79 to 65.62. Shares in Marathon Oil Corporation (N:MRO) fell to 5-year lows; falling 4.70% or 0.68 to 13.78. Shares in General Electric Company (N:GE) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.18% or 0.66 to 30.98. Shares in Moko Social (O:MOKO) fell to all time lows; down 21.84% or 0.19 to 0.68.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 14.18% to 17.98.
Gold for February delivery was up 1.06% or 11.20 to $1072.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 4.48% or 1.68 to hit $35.67 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 3.30% or 1.28 to trade at $37.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.22% to 1.0907, while USD/JPY rose 0.43% to 122.20.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 98.44.
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