03.07.2020 DOW 30 Daily Analysis

03.07.2020 DOW 30 Daily Analysis

U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher. At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.36%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.45%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.52%. The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), which rose 2.69% or 1.10 points to trade at 41.98 at the close. Meanwhile, Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) added 2.28% or 0.77 points to end at 34.51 and Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) was up 2.06% or 0.84 points to 41.59 in late trade. The worst performers of the session were Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), which fell 0.73% or 0.83 points to trade at 112.18 at the close. McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) declined 0.62% or 1.14 points to end at 183.52 and Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) was down 0.40% or 0.48 points to 119.21. The top performers on the S&P 500 were Noble Energy Inc (NASDAQ:NBL) which rose 7.79% to 9.55, Akamai Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:AKAM) which was up 6.39% to settle at 113.12 and TechnipFMC PLC (NYSE:FTI) which gained 5.35% to close at 7.28.