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Canadian equities were higher at the close in Toronto, twith he S&P/TSX Composite up 0.72%.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.05% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index climbed 1.23%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 1.70%.
TSX Market Movers
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Tricon Capital Group Inc (TSX:TCN), which rose 27.30% or 3.18 points to trade at 14.83 at the close. Celestica Inc. (TSX:CLS) added 7.62% or 2.94 points to end at 41.53 and Trisura Group Ltd (TSX:TSU) was up 4.68% or 1.56 points to 34.86 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lithium Americas Corp (TSX:LAAC), which lost 9.91% or 0.67 points to trade at 6.09 in late trade. Lithium Americas Corp (TSX:LAC) declined 7.01% or 0.46 points to end at 6.10 and Birchcliff Energy Ltd . (TSX:BIR) shed 5.36% or 0.28 points to 4.94.
Dow Jones Market Movers
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV), which rose 6.75% or 13.38 points to trade at 211.73 at the close. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) added 3.02% or 1.41 points to end at 48.15 and International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) was up 2.80% or 4.67 points to 171.51 in late trade.
Biggest losers included UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH), which lost 2.73% or 14.10 points to trade at 502.24 in late trade. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) declined 0.68% or 0.15 points to end at 22.00 and Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) shed 0.53% or 0.86 points to 162.38.
S&P500 Market Movers
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) which rose 7.11% to 174.23, The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV) which was up 6.75% to settle at 211.73 and PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL) which gained 6.01% to close at 65.82.
The worst performers were Molina Healthcare Inc (NYSE:MOH) which was down 4.12% to 365.36 in late trade, Centene Corp (NYSE:CNC) which lost 3.21% to settle at 74.14 and Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:ENPH) which was down 2.88% to 103.59 at the close.
Nasdaq Market Movers
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Mesa Air Group Inc (NASDAQ:MESA) which rose 49.98% to 0.96, Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:SMCI) which was up 35.94% to settle at 423.36 and Edgewise Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:EWTX) which gained 34.57% to close at 13.04.
The worst performers were C3is Inc (NASDAQ:CISS) which was down 64.05% to 0.14 in late trade, Newcourt Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:NCAC) which lost 27.53% to settle at 6.45 and iRobot Corporation (NASDAQ:IRBT) which was down 26.93% to 17.26 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1917 to 941 and 89 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2054 rose and 1370 declined, while 112 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 5.87% to 13.30.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.49% or 9.95 to $2,031.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.53% or 0.39 to hit $73.56 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.37% or 0.29 to trade at $78.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 1.09, while USD/JPY fell 0.03% to 148.11.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 103.04.