Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Industrials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.31%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.13%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ), which rose 1.72% or 0.78 points to trade at 46.20 at the close. Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) added 1.67% or 0.60 points to end at 36.50 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) was up 1.62% or 2.71 points to 170.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK), which lost 1.99% or 1.10 points to trade at 54.10 in late trade. General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) declined 1.26% or 0.23 points to end at 17.98 and Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) shed 0.67% or 0.69 points to 102.75.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Delphi Automotive plc (NYSE:DLPH) which rose 3.49% to 102.14, NetApp Inc (NASDAQ:NTAP) which was up 3.36% to settle at 54.73 and Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) which gained 3.21% to close at 47.64.
The worst performers were Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:INCY) which was down 6.18% to 98.95 in late trade, Cardinal Health Inc (NYSE:CAH) which lost 4.36% to settle at 55.00 and Range Resources Corporation (NYSE:RRC) which was down 4.05% to 17.30 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Acasti Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:ACST) which rose 144.08% to 3.100, OptimumBank Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:OPHC) which was up 57.20% to settle at 7.750 and Real Industry Inc (NASDAQ:RELY) which gained 45.92% to close at 0.52.
The worst performers were Micronet Enertec Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:MICT) which was down 19.11% to 0.995 in late trade, CHF Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:CHFS) which lost 19.04% to settle at 8.120 and TDH Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PETZ) which was down 18.57% to 9.78 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1791 to 1297 and 133 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1543 rose and 987 declined, while 118 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 7.00% to 10.63.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.47% or 19.07 to $1277.43 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.55% or 0.31 to hit $56.40 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.89% or 0.56 to trade at $62.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.48% to 1.1734, while USD/JPY rose 0.50% to 112.65.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 93.99.