The Nasdaq Index ends the session up moderately at 0.6%
At market close, the Nasdaq-100 rises by 0.6% to 11862.13 points.
The trading session was not very active with a trading volume of 101.92 billion dollars. 802.34 million shares changed hands. 74 stocks finished in the green and 26 were down.
The best performance of the day was attributed to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals with 18.85% to 708.85 dollars. In second place on the podium, DocuSign closed the session at 57.95 dollars, up 5.1%, followed by Moderna at 141.28 dollars (4.73%).
At the bottom of the pack is Kraft Heinz. The share ends the trading day down -3.38% to 36.06 dollars. PACCAR and NetEase are also lagging behind.
Several stocks (Activision Blizzard, Autodesk, Comcast, Copart, DocuSign, Honeywell International, KLA, Kraft Heinz, Lululemon Athletica, Old Dominion Freight Line, PACCAR et Regeneron Pharmaceuticals) recorded large trading volumes, one-third higher than their daily average.