Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.03%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.84%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 2.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), which rose 4.30% or 8.72 points to trade at 211.60 at the close. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) added 2.11% or 8.12 points to end at 393.43 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) was up 1.92% or 1.15 points to 61.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW), which lost 3.14% or 1.37 points to trade at 42.30 in late trade. Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM) declined 2.34% or 1.02 points to end at 42.50 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) shed 2.32% or 0.96 points to 40.46.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) which rose 7.93% to 3196.84, Citrix Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CTXS) which was up 7.64% to settle at 167.73 and Noble Energy Inc (NASDAQ:NBL) which gained 5.44% to close at 10.18.
The worst performers were Alliance Data Systems Corp (NYSE:ADS) which was down 5.62% to 40.12 in late trade, Capri Holdings Ltd (NYSE:CPRI) which lost 5.57% to settle at 15.43 and Healthpeak Properties Inc (NYSE:PEAK) which was down 5.24% to 25.69 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp (NASDAQ:TNXP) which rose 91.36% to 1.550, Majesco (NASDAQ:MJCO) which was up 72.25% to settle at 13.16 and Immuron Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:IMRN) which gained 63.42% to close at 10.41.
The worst performers were YRC Worldwide Inc (NASDAQ:YRCW) which was down 27.17% to 2.600 in late trade, Genetic Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ:GENE) which lost 23.99% to settle at 4.31 and Nikola Corp (NASDAQ:NKLA) which was down 21.27% to 38.45 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1655 to 1191 and 86 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1358 rose and 1343 declined, while 67 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.75% to 24.46 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.49% or 8.95 to $1818.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.12% or 0.05 to hit $40.80 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.02 to trade at $43.21 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.00% to 1.1443, while USD/JPY rose 0.00% to 107.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 95.752.