Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.49%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.46%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), which rose 1.97% or 1.71 points to trade at 88.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) added 1.78% or 1.12 points to end at 63.89 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) was up 1.74% or 1.99 points to 116.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT), which fell 1.06% or 0.73 points to trade at 67.97 at the close. Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) declined 1.03% or 0.93 points to end at 89.07 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) was down 0.82% or 1.05 points to 127.26.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Mylan Inc (NASDAQ:MYL) which rose 8.15% to 38.87, Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM) which was up 6.01% to settle at 75.17 and Tyson Foods Inc (NYSE:TSN) which gained 4.04% to close at 70.49.
The worst performers were Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) which was down 10.28% to 49.73 in late trade, Dover Corporation (NYSE:DOV) which lost 7.68% to settle at 66.69 and Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (NYSE:COG) which was down 2.50% to 24.15 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Mobileiron (NASDAQ:MOBL) which rose 32.71% to 3.570, Macrocure Ltd (NASDAQ:MCUR) which was up 29.37% to settle at 1.8500 and Roka Biosci (NASDAQ:ROKA) which gained 28.31% to close at 0.7700.
The worst performers were Great Basin Scientific Inc (NASDAQ:GBSN) which was down 56.97% to 0.0602 in late trade, PhaseRx Inc (NASDAQ:PZRX) which lost 14.63% to settle at 2.10 and Reliv International Inc (NASDAQ:RELV) which was down 14.14% to 5.1000 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2235 to 906 and 78 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1772 rose and 730 declined, while 85 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) fell to 52-week lows; down 10.28% or 5.70 to 49.73. Shares in Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 1.78% or 1.12 to 63.89. Shares in Great Basin Scientific Inc (NASDAQ:GBSN) fell to all time lows; down 56.97% or 0.0797 to 0.0602. Shares in PhaseRx Inc (NASDAQ:PZRX) fell to all time lows; losing 14.63% or 0.36 to 2.10.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.22% to 13.51.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.76% or 9.55 to $1261.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.81% or 1.40 to hit $51.21 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.98% or 1.03 to trade at $52.96 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.56% to 1.1138, while USD/JPY rose 0.68% to 103.61.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.41% at 96.92.