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 added 0.30%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.81%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 1.90%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM), which rose 3.11% or 6.60 points to trade at 218.85 at the close. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) added 2.37% or 4.13 points to end at 178.44 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) was up 2.27% or 1.09 points to 49.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV), which lost 1.85% or 3.43 points to trade at 181.82 in late trade. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) declined 1.05% or 0.46 points to end at 43.40 and McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) shed 0.97% or 2.42 points to 246.83.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) which rose 27.12% to 49.97, Etsy Inc (NASDAQ:ETSY) which was up 7.18% to settle at 136.17 and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) which gained 5.61% to close at 1,145.45.
The worst performers were Baxter International Inc (NYSE:BAX) which was down 3.96% to 75.47 in late trade, ABIOMED Inc (NASDAQ:ABMD) which lost 3.82% to settle at 325.70 and Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) which was down 3.72% to 88.09 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Gbs (NASDAQ:GBS) which rose 67.95% to 1.31, Aterian Inc (NASDAQ:ATER) which was up 46.78% to settle at 3.42 and IO Biotech Inc (NASDAQ:IOBT) which gained 33.16% to close at 7.55.
The worst performers were Curis Inc (NASDAQ:CRIS) which was down 33.33% to 1.62 in late trade, GWG Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:GWGH) which lost 20.97% to settle at 4.22 and Snow Lake Resources Ltd (NASDAQ:LITM) which was down 19.32% to 8.10 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1784 to 1454 and 136 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2460 rose and 1472 declined, while 191 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 5.40% to 18.57 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.47% or 9.00 to $1,932.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 4.46% or 4.43 to hit $103.70 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 3.45% or 3.60 to trade at $107.99 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.74% to 1.10, while USD/JPY rose 0.21% to 122.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 98.96.