Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.60%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.48%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Chevron Corporation (N:CVX), which rose 3.34% or 2.89 points to trade at 89.33 at the close. Meanwhile, Exxon Mobil Corporation (N:XOM) added 2.27% or 1.69 points to end at 76.03 and Microsoft Corporation (O:MSFT) was up 2.00% or 1.08 points to 55.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EI du Pont de Nemours and Company (N:DD), which fell 3.58% or 2.52 points to trade at 67.92 at the close. Boeing Company (N:BA) declined 1.12% or 1.62 points to end at 143.00 and Apple Inc (O:AAPL) was down 0.62% or 0.70 points to 112.48.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were First Solar Inc (O:FSLR) which rose 5.70% to 58.41, Electronic Arts Inc (O:EA) which was up 3.71% to settle at 69.66 and Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc (N:DO) which gained 3.57% to close at 20.87.
The worst performers were Southwestern Energy Company (N:SWN) which was down 9.66% to 5.33 in late trade, NRG Energy Inc (N:NRG) which lost 9.27% to settle at 9.20 and Tenet Healthcare Corporation (N:THC) which was down 9.23% to 27.23 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Nephrogenex (O:NRX) which rose 47.92% to 2.13, Moko Social (O:MOKO) which was up 24.29% to settle at 0.87 and Wave Systems Corp (O:WAVX) which gained 20.12% to close at 0.119.
The worst performers were Atara Biotherapeutics Inc (O:ATRA) which was down 36.75% to 21.00 in late trade, Bind Therap (O:BIND) which lost 32.77% to settle at 2.38 and Pyxis Tankers Inc (O:PXS) which was down 30.21% to 2.01 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2508 to 946 and 4 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1663 fell and 979 advanced, while 39 ended unchanged.
Shares in Southwestern Energy Company (N:SWN) fell to 5-year lows; down 9.66% or 0.57 to 5.33. Shares in Tenet Healthcare Corporation (N:THC) fell to 3-years lows; losing 9.23% or 2.77 to 27.23. Shares in Bind Therap (O:BIND) fell to all time lows; losing 32.77% or 1.16 to 2.38.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 7.38% to 22.59.
Gold for February delivery was down 1.17% or 12.60 to $1063.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.75% or 0.62 to hit $36.24 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.91% or 0.35 to trade at $37.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.07% to 1.0985, while USD/JPY rose 0.05% to 121.04.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 97.75.