On Thursday this week, investors will be waiting for the publication of data on consumer prices in the US. Analysts believe that annual inflation in the country slowed down to 6.5% in December from 7.1% per annum recorded in November.
The statistics may give traders a hint as to what to do next with the US Federal Reserve, whose next two-day meeting will take place on January 31 and February 1. About 77% of analysts expect the regulator's discount rate to increase by 25 basis points to 4.5-4.75%.
In addition, as early as this Friday, the largest US banks will report on their financial results for the previous year.
At the close on the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones fell 0.34%, the S&P 500 index fell 0.08%, the NASDAQ Composite index rose 0.63%.
The leading performer among the Dow Jones index components today was Salesforce Inc, which gained 6.59 points or 4.69% to close at 147.10. Quotes of Intel Corporation rose by 0.58 points (2.02%), closing trading at 29.31. Goldman Sachs Group Inc rose 4.92 points or 1.41% to close at 353.00.
The least gainers were Merck & Company Inc, which shed 4.46 points or 3.88% to end the session at 110.38. Johnson & Johnson rose 2.59% or 4.67 points to close at 175.58 while The Travelers Companies Inc shed 2.45% or 4.75 points to close at 189.12.
Leading gainers among the components of the S&P 500 in today's trading were Tesla Inc, which rose 5.93% to 119.77, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd, which gained 5.90% to close at 13.81. as well as shares of NVIDIA Corporation, which rose 5.18% to close the session at 156.28.
The least gainers were Baxter International Inc, which shed 7.74% to close at 44.70. Shares of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc shed 7.69% to end the session at 680.49. Quotes of Northrop Grumman Corporation decreased in price by 4.99% to 495.41.
The leading gainers among the components of the NASDAQ Composite in today's trading were CinCor Pharma Inc, which rose 143.97% to 28.74, Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd, which gained 107.29% to close at 14.51. as well as Albireo Pharma Inc, which rose 92.16% to end the session at 43.85.
The least gainers were shares of Calithera Biosciences Inc, which shed 81.77% to close at 0.66. Shares of Peak Bio Inc shed 27.27% to end the session at 2.56. Quotes of Cerus Corporation decreased in price by 28.04% to 2.72.
On the New York Stock Exchange, the number of securities that rose in price (1868) exceeded the number of those that closed in the red (1202), while quotes of 102 shares remained practically unchanged. On the NASDAQ stock exchange, 2192 companies rose in price, 1561 fell, and 172 remained at the level of the previous close.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which is based on S&P 500 options trading, rose 3.98% to 21.97.
Gold futures for February delivery added 0.33%, or 6.10, to hit $1.00 a troy ounce. In other commodities, WTI crude futures for February delivery rose 1.42%, or 1.05, to $74.82 a barrel. Futures for Brent crude for March delivery rose 1.46%, or 1.15, to $79.72 a barrel.
Meanwhile, in the Forex market, EUR/USD rose 0.82% to 1.07, while USD/JPY shed 0.19% to hit 131.82.
Futures on the USD index fell 0.68% to 102.94.
