Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.18%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 1.27%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 1.87%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were American Express Company (NYSE:AXP), which rose 3.78% or 3.91 points to trade at 107.27 at the close. Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) added 3.20% or 5.12 points to end at 165.35 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) was up 3.00% or 3.35 points to 115.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX), which lost 0.51% or 0.40 points to trade at 77.29 in late trade. Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) declined 0.38% or 0.50 points to end at 131.25 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) shed 0.21% or 0.32 points to 153.51.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Kohls Corp (NYSE:KSS) which rose 9.56% to 23.37, Tapestry Inc (NYSE:TPR) which was up 8.48% to settle at 17.52 and Apartment Investment and Management Co (NYSE:AIV) which gained 7.15% to close at 37.48.
The worst performers were Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C) which was down 5.59% to 48.15 in late trade, Kroger Company (NYSE:KR) which lost 4.45% to settle at 32.84 and Coty Inc (NYSE:COTY) which was down 3.42% to 3.39 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Cassava Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:SAVA) which rose 133.43% to 7.75, Immunomedics Inc (NASDAQ:IMMU) which was up 97.99% to settle at 83.65 and Vaxart Inc (NASDAQ:VXRT) which gained 46.79% to close at 7.7800.
The worst performers were Nano X Imaging Ltd (NASDAQ:NNOX) which was down 23.34% to 49.21 in late trade, Hancock Jaffe Laboratories (NASDAQ:HJLI) which lost 16.64% to settle at 0.4700 and Ruhnn Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:RUHN) which was down 12.85% to 2.51 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2477 to 613 and 61 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2256 rose and 612 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 3.80% to 25.85.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.88% or 17.20 to $1965.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.21% or 0.08 to hit $37.25 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.55% or 0.22 to trade at $39.61 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.01% to 1.1867, while USD/JPY fell 0.03% to 105.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 93.083.