Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Financials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 2.84%, while the S&P 500 index added 2.72%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 3.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), which rose 7.57% or 6.60 points to trade at 93.78 at the close. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) added 6.32% or 3.12 points to end at 52.48 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) was up 4.75% or 7.83 points to 172.77 in late trade.
Biggest losers included General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), which lost 1.38% or 0.18 points to trade at 12.89 in late trade. Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) added 0.66% or 0.50 points to end at 76.41 and Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) gained 0.85% or 0.36 points to 42.69.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) which rose 7.57% to 93.78, Lowe’s Companies Inc (NYSE:LOW) which was up 6.60% to settle at 89.30 and Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:ADBE) which gained 6.46% to close at 228.91.
The worst performers were AbbVie Inc (NYSE:ABBV) which was down 2.24% to 95.280 in late trade, Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) which lost 1.79% to settle at 10.440 and Mattel Inc (NASDAQ:MAT) which was down 1.59% to 13.02 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Ekso Bionics Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:EKSO) which rose 34.42% to 2.07, Verona Pharma PLC ADR (NASDAQ:VRNA) which was up 31.06% to settle at 20.97 and The Finish Line Inc (NASDAQ:FINL) which gained 31.09% to close at 13.83.
The worst performers were Protagonist Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:PTGX) which was down 57.17% to 8.75 in late trade, China Auto Logistics Inc (NASDAQ:CALI) which lost 30.58% to settle at 3.610 and Bonso Electronics International Inc (NASDAQ:BNSO) which was down 30.00% to 2.730 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2350 to 764 and 87 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1810 rose and 754 declined, while 94 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 14.80% to 21.19.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.27% or 3.70 to $1353.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.58% or 0.38 to hit $65.50 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.49% or 0.34 to trade at $69.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.81% to 1.2452, while USD/JPY rose 0.66% to 105.43.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 88.64.