At the close on the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones rose 0.64% to hit a monthly high, the S&P 500 index rose 0.34%, the NASDAQ Composite index rose 0.64%.

The leading performer among the components of the Dow Jones index today was Walt Disney Company, which gained 3.48 points or 3.61% to close at 99.81. Salesforce Inc rose 4.70 points or 3.24% to close at 149.60. Boeing Co rose 6.29 points or 3.02% to close at 214.32.

Shares of Coca-Cola Co were the leaders of the fall, the price of which fell by 0.80 points (1.29%), ending the session at 61.21. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc was up 1.24% or 0.46 points to close at 36.66, while Walmart Inc was down 0.90% or 1.32 points to close at 144. .81.

The top gainers among the S&P 500 index components in today's trading were American Airlines Group, which gained 9.71% to 16.83, United Airlines Holdings Inc, which gained 7.52% to close at 51.30, and Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A shares, which gained 5.85% to close the session at 65.10.

The least gainers were Charles River Laboratories, which shed 5.95% to close at 232.25. Bio-Techne Corp lost 5.14% to end the session at 82.17. Quotes of Illumina Inc decreased in price by 5.05% to 193.75.

Leading gainers among the components of the NASDAQ Composite in today's trading were Arrival Vault USA Inc, which rose 100.00% to hit 0.54, Akerna Corp, which gained 66.67% to close at 1.65, and also shares of Moxian Inc, which rose by 73.32%, ending the session at around 1.04.

The leading gainers were Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc, which shed 76.46% to close at 2.54. Atlis Motor Vehicles Inc lost 35.32% to end the session at 6.52. Quotes of Universe Pharmaceuticals Inc decreased in price by 25.30% to 0.90.

On the New York Stock Exchange, the number of securities that rose in price (2353) exceeded the number of those that closed in the red (733), while quotes of 91 shares remained virtually unchanged. On the NASDAQ stock exchange, 2633 companies rose in price, 1063 fell, and 181 remained at the level of the previous close.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which is based on S&P 500 options trading, fell 10.72% to 18.83, hitting a new 6-month low.

Gold futures for February delivery added 1.17%, or 22.05, to $1.00 a troy ounce. In other commodities, WTI crude for February delivery rose 1.20%, or 0.93, to $78.34 a barrel. Futures for Brent crude for March delivery rose 1.50%, or 1.24, to $83.91 a barrel.

Meanwhile, in the Forex market, EUR/USD rose 0.91% to 1.09, while USD/JPY shed 2.43% to hit 129.24.

Futures on the USD index fell 0.94% to 101.96.