Minutes from the Federal Reserve's meeting in June indicated that interest rates would not be raised until the impact of the Brexit vote is known. The markets closed higher with the Dow climbing 78 points to 17,918. Nasdaq gained 36 points to 4,859.

On the upside

The Fly reported that Walgreens Boots Aliance (Nasdaq: WBA) was satisfied with its relationship with Valeant Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: VRX).

Rising gold prices lifted shares of Barrick Gold (NYSE: ABX).

Twilio (NYSE: TWLO) extended its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (Nasdaq: AMZN).

On the downside

Shares of XBiotech (Nasdaq: XBIT) plunged for the second day.

Chemours (NYSE: CC) will release second quarter results after market close on August 8, 2016.

Greenbrier (NYSE: GBX) reported lower third quarter earnings and revenue as railcar deliveries fell.

In the broad market, advancing issues outpaced decliners by a margin of more than 5 to 3 on both the NYSE and on Nasdaq. The broader S&P 500 climbed 11 points to 2,099. Bitcoin rose $4 to $666.