Market Close Report: NASDAQ trading volume joins the top ten ranking for the year. NASDAQ Composite Index closes at 3,142.13

Today's session closes with the NASDAQ Composite Index volume reaching the 10th place in the top ten list for this year. The last time the index closed above 2.05 billion shares was on 00 Tue 2013. The total shares traded for the NASDAQ was over 2.11 billion.

Advancers stocks led declining by 1.55 to 1 ratio. There were 1513 advancers and 973 decliners for the day. On the NASDAQ Stock Exchange 74 stocks reached a 52 week high and 16 those reaching lows totaled. The most active, advancers, decliners, unusual volume and most active by dollar volume can be monitored intraday on the Most Active Stocks page.

The NASDAQ 100 index closed down -.26% for the day; a total of -7.18 points. The current value is 2,731.53. Broadcom Corporation ( BRCM ) had the largest percent change down (-4.19%) while Citrix Systems, Inc. ( CTXS ) had the largest percent change gain rising 9.23%.

The Dow Jones index closed down -.36% for the day; a total of -49.84 points. The current value is 13,860.58. United Technologies Corporation ( UTX ) had the largest percent change down (-1.72%) while The Travelers Companies, Inc. ( TRV ) had the largest percent change gain rising 1.13%.