Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.28% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.15%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), which rose 2.21% or 0.53 points to trade at 24.46 at the close. Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) added 2.03% or 2.46 points to end at 123.83 and Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) was up 1.64% or 4.08 points to 253.08 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which lost 0.76% or 1.21 points to trade at 158.67 in late trade. Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) declined 0.69% or 0.37 points to end at 53.50 and Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT) shed 0.47% or 0.38 points to 80.00.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE:CF) which rose 6.72% to 35.10, Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE:SWN) which was up 4.06% to settle at 6.03 and NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) which gained 4.13% to close at 187.55.
The worst performers were Mattel Inc (NASDAQ:MAT) which was down 6.24% to 14.87 in late trade, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc (NASDAQ:BBBY) which lost 4.78% to settle at 27.30 and Frontier Communications Corp (NASDAQ:FTR) which was down 4.57% to 12.52 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were ITUS Corp (NASDAQ:ITUS) which rose 85.51% to 1.280, Dimension Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:DMTX) which was up 40.48% to settle at 5.90 and Capricor Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:CAPR) which gained 32.00% to close at 1.3200.
The worst performers were Recon Technology Ltd (NASDAQ:RCON) which was down 22.02% to 0.811 in late trade, SenesTech Inc (NASDAQ:SNES) which lost 15.85% to settle at 1.54 and Xcel Brands Inc (NASDAQ:XELB) which was down 15.29% to 3.60 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1751 to 1334 and 146 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1513 rose and 998 declined, while 134 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.20% to 10.15 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.03% or 13.65 to $1311.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.26% or 0.13 to hit $50.31 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.31% or 0.17 to trade at $55.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1955, while USD/JPY rose 0.64% to 111.53.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 91.81.