The US stock exchange Nasdaq closes the session higher at 1.64%
At market close, the flagship index of the US technology exchange rises by 1.64% to 13694.62 points.
The trading session was not very active with a trading volume of 145.29 billion dollars. 820.97 million shares changed hands. 89 stocks finished in the green and 10 were down.
The best performance of the day was attributed to MercadoLibre with 7.53% to 1111.39 dollars. In second place on the podium, NetEase closed the session at 99.72 dollars, up 7.46%, followed by PayPal at 110.94 dollars (5.64%).
At the bottom of the pack is Moderna. The share ends the trading day down -3.14% to 151.33 dollars. Intuit and eBay are also lagging behind.
Several stocks (ANSYS, Autodesk, Intuit, MercadoLibre, Microchip Technology, Monster Beverage et NetEase) recorded large trading volumes, one-third higher than their daily average.