Dow was up close to 200 points at the high. Nasdaq was up over 1%.

The major stock indices are closing higher but off the loftier levels.

  • The S&P rose 15.29 points or 0.53% at 2904.21. The high reached 2906.76. The low extended to 2896.39
  • The NASDAQ rose 59.48 points or 0.75% at 8013.17. The low extended to 8037.51. The low reached 7989.84.
  • The Dow rose 147.5 points or 0.57% at 26146. The high reached 26191.64. The low reached 26067.08.

Big winners today included:

  • Micron, +4.5%
  • ALibaba, up 2.5%
  • Apple, 2.42%
  • Broadcom, up 2.41%
  • Celegene up 2.23%
  • Twitter, up 2.12%
  • Intel, +1.42%
  • Nvidia up 1.17%

Some of the losers today included:

  • AMD, -5.37%
  • Wells Fargo, -1.66%
  • Home Depot, -1.2%
  • Bank of America, -0.99%
  • PNC financial, -0.75%
  • Citigroup, -0.54%
  • Netflix, -0.49%
  • Facebook, -0.40%
  • Tesla, -0.37%
  • Amazon, -0.01%