Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Technology and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.57% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.54%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which rose 3.82% or 1.70 points to trade at 46.26 at the close. Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) added 2.10% or 3.08 points to end at 149.77 and DowDuPont Inc (NYSE:DWDP) was up 1.99% or 1.39 points to 71.39 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO), which lost 0.56% or 0.26 points to trade at 45.93 in late trade. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) declined 0.54% or 0.47 points to end at 86.38 and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) shed 0.46% or 0.66 points to 141.80.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Akamai Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:AKAM) which rose 13.69% to 65.67, Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) which was up 6.71% to settle at 10.980 and KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ:KLAC) which gained 5.29% to close at 111.22.
The worst performers were Mattel Inc (NASDAQ:MAT) which was down 4.13% to 14.84 in late trade, Scana Corporation (NYSE:SCG) which lost 3.24% to settle at 42.98 and Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:INCY) which was down 2.96% to 93.56 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were LongFin Corp Class A (NASDAQ:LFIN) which rose 228.85% to 72.38, On Track Innovations Ltd (NASDAQ:OTIV) which was up 122.33% to settle at 2.2900 and Wins Finance Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:WINS) which gained 48.29% to close at 218.00.
The worst performers were PhaseRx Inc (NASDAQ:PZRX) which was down 17.04% to 0.41 in late trade, Differential Brands Group Inc (NASDAQ:DFBG) which lost 16.51% to settle at 0.910 and Inpixon (NASDAQ:INPX) which was down 15.64% to 0.2050 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2186 to 942 and 110 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1693 rose and 849 declined, while 116 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.96% to 9.51.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.56% or 7.10 to $1264.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.09% or 0.05 to hit $57.28 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.24% or 0.15 to trade at $63.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.29% to 1.1783, while USD/JPY fell 0.03% to 112.57.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 93.24.