Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Financials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.04%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.11%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS), which rose 1.89% or 3.84 points to trade at 206.92 at the close. Meanwhile, JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) added 1.44% or 1.65 points to end at 116.12 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) was up 1.34% or 0.71 points to 53.56 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which fell 2.52% or 1.32 points to trade at 51.11 at the close. Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) declined 1.02% or 1.08 points to end at 104.78 and Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) was down 0.95% or 0.38 points to 39.59.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Ingersoll-Rand PLC (NYSE:IR) which rose 6.50% to 120.46, Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) which was up 5.77% to settle at 43.27 and Mattel Inc (NASDAQ:MAT) which gained 3.05% to close at 12.51.
The worst performers were CH Robinson Worldwide Inc (NASDAQ:CHRW) which was down 7.58% to 81.11 in late trade, Coty Inc (NYSE:COTY) which lost 3.55% to settle at 10.86 and Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE:WY) which was down 3.32% to 26.46 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Trans World Entertainment Corp (NASDAQ:TWMC) which rose 46.86% to 0.440, Alterity Therapeutics Ltd (NASDAQ:ATHE) which was up 33.85% to settle at 1.7400 and Changyoucom Limited (NASDAQ:CYOU) which gained 21.18% to close at 19.57.
The worst performers were Silicom Ltd (NASDAQ:SILC) which was down 18.49% to 31.79 in late trade, Innovate Biopharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:INNT) which lost 14.74% to settle at 1.62 and Tiziana Life Sciences PLC ADR (NASDAQ:TLSA) which was down 14.02% to 7.74 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1766 to 1219 and 103 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1559 rose and 1063 declined, while 99 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ingersoll-Rand PLC (NYSE:IR) rose to all time highs; up 6.50% or 7.35 to 120.46. Shares in Innovate Biopharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:INNT) fell to 52-week lows; down 14.74% or 0.28 to 1.62.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 2.99% to 13.11.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.55% or 7.15 to $1281.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.49% or 0.31 to hit $63.61 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $71.51 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.1187, while USD/JPY rose 0.03% to 111.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 97.578.