At the close in the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones was up 1.17%, the S&P 500 was up 1.89% and the NASDAQ Composite was up 3.41%.
The leading gainer among the components of the Dow Jones index today was Boeing Co, which gained 9.67 points or 5.07% to close at 200.24. Salesforce.com Inc rose 10.50 points or 4.73% to close at 232.63. The Walt Disney Company rose 4.34 points or 3.13% to close at 142.97.
The biggest losers were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc, which shed 0.70 points or 1.39% to end the session at 49.76. Amgen Inc was up 0.87% or 2.00 points to close at 227.14, while Visa Inc Class A was down 0.80% or 1.83 points to close at 226. ,17.
Leading gainers among the S&P 500 index components in today's trading were Enphase Energy Inc, which rose 13.41% to 140.47, SolarEdge Technologies Inc, which gained 12.33% to close at 238.22, and also shares of Netflix Inc, which rose 11.13% to end the session at 427.14.
L3Harris Technologies Inc led the decline, shedding 4.29% to close at 209.29. Shares of Kellogg Company shed 3.46% to end the session at 63.00. Quotes of Citrix Systems Inc decreased in price by 3.42% to 101.94.
Leading gainers among the components of the NASDAQ Composite in today's trading were Calithera Biosciences Inc, which rose 55.65% to hit 0.650, Inspira Technologies Oxy BHN Ltd, which gained 36.52% to close at 3.14, and also shares of Vaccinex Inc, which rose 33.63% to close the session at 1.510.
The drop leaders were shares of Imperial Petroleum Inc, which lost 55.05% to close at 0.98. Shares of Appharvest Inc lost 12.06% to end the session at 2.99. Quotes of Vigil Neuroscience Inc decreased in price by 11.95% to 12.90.
On the New York Stock Exchange, the number of securities that rose in price (2,680) exceeded the number of those that closed in the red (574), while quotes of 106 shares remained virtually unchanged. On the NASDAQ stock exchange, 3323 companies rose in price, 582 fell, and 154 remained at the level of the previous close.
Imperial Petroleum Inc shares tumbled to historic lows, down 55.05% or 1.20 points to close at 0.98. Shares in Appharvest Inc plunged to all-time lows, shedding 12.06% or 0.41 points to close at 2.99.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which is based on S&P 500 options trading, fell 10.23% to 24.83.
Gold Futures for February delivery added 0.76%, or 13.60, to $1,798.50 a troy ounce. In other commodities, WTI crude for March delivery rose 1.49%, or 1.29, to $88.11 a barrel. Brent oil futures for April delivery rose 0.07%, or 0.06, to $89.28 a barrel.
Meanwhile, in the Forex market, EUR/USD was down 0.00% to hit 1.1233, while USD/JPY was up 0.03% to hit 115.14.
Futures on the USD index fell 0.65% to 96.632.
