Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.03%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.84%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 2.51%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), which rose 4.30% or 8.72 points to trade at 211.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) added 2.11% or 8.12 points to end at 393.43 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) was up 1.92% or 1.15 points to 61.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW), which fell 3.14% or 1.37 points to trade at 42.30 at the close. Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM) declined 2.34% or 1.02 points to end at 42.50 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) was down 2.32% or 0.96 points to 40.46.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) which rose 7.93% to 3196.84, Citrix Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CTXS) which was up 7.64% to settle at 167.73 and Noble Energy Inc (NASDAQ:NBL) which gained 5.44% to close at 10.18.
The worst performers were Alliance Data Systems Corp (NYSE:ADS) which was down 5.62% to 40.12 in late trade, Capri Holdings Ltd (NYSE:CPRI) which lost 5.57% to settle at 15.43 and Healthpeak Properties Inc (NYSE:PEAK) which was down 5.24% to 25.69 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp (NASDAQ:TNXP) which rose 91.36% to 1.550, Majesco (NASDAQ:MJCO) which was up 72.25% to settle at 13.16 and Immuron Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:IMRN) which gained 63.42% to close at 10.41.
The worst performers were YRC Worldwide Inc (NASDAQ:YRCW) which was down 27.17% to 2.600 in late trade, Genetic Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ:GENE) which lost 23.99% to settle at 4.31 and Nikola Corp (NASDAQ:NKLA) which was down 21.27% to 38.45 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1655 to 1191 and 86 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1358 rose and 1343 declined, while 67 ended unchanged.
Shares in Citrix Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CTXS) rose to all time highs; up 7.64% or 11.90 to 167.73. Shares in Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.11% or 8.12 to 393.43. Shares in Majesco (NASDAQ:MJCO) rose to all time highs; rising 72.25% or 5.52 to 13.16.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.75% to 24.46 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.49% or 8.95 to $1818.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.12% or 0.05 to hit $40.80 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.02 to trade at $43.21 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.00% to 1.1444, while USD/JPY fell 0.00% to 107.23.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 95.752.