Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Services and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.44%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.77%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 1.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which rose 1.83% or 3.63 points to trade at 201.55 at the close. Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) added 1.76% or 1.48 points to end at 85.43 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) was up 1.70% or 1.90 points to 113.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which lost 2.11% or 7.67 points to trade at 356.34 in late trade. Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) declined 0.81% or 0.46 points to end at 56.67 and McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) shed 0.68% or 1.41 points to 206.25.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Skyworks Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:SWKS) which rose 6.00% to 81.91, Qorvo Inc (NASDAQ:QRVO) which was up 5.96% to settle at 70.58 and Wynn Resorts Limited (NASDAQ:WYNN) which gained 5.86% to close at 131.25.
The worst performers were Coty Inc (NYSE:COTY) which was down 13.54% to 11.59 in late trade, Harris Corporation (NYSE:LHX) which lost 6.86% to settle at 176.16 and Range Resources Corp (NYSE:RRC) which was down 3.44% to 6.74 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were FuelCell Energy Inc (NASDAQ:FCEL) which rose 37.19% to 0.242, Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives Inc (NASDAQ:IEA) which was up 31.37% to settle at 2.68 and Ovid Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:OVID) which gained 24.86% to close at 2.31.
The worst performers were Northeast Bancorp (NASDAQ:NBN) which was down 22.92% to 21.26 in late trade, Cemtrex Inc (NASDAQ:CETX) which lost 22.01% to settle at 2.4800 and Hf Foods Group Inc (NASDAQ:HFFG) which was down 21.14% to 27.45 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1801 to 1216 and 30 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1515 rose and 1159 declined, while 86 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 6.76% to 14.06 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.89% or 26.65 to $1387.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.20% or 0.70 to hit $59.17 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.14% or 0.09 to trade at $65.13 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1286, while USD/JPY rose 0.02% to 108.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.74% at 96.375.