Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.32%, while the S&P 500 index added 1.08%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 1.57%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE), which rose 2.98% or 2.17 points to trade at 74.86 at the close. Meanwhile, Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM) added 2.60% or 6.45 points to end at 254.08 and Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) was up 1.40% or 4.64 points to 335.93 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ), which fell 6.08% or 2.53 points to trade at 39.09 at the close. Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) declined 1.68% or 1.61 points to end at 94.13 and Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) was down 1.36% or 2.16 points to 156.99.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were IQVIA Holdings Inc (NYSE:IQV) which rose 9.20% to 245.23, ON Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:ON) which was up 6.62% to settle at 77.33 and Lam Research Corp (NASDAQ:LRCX) which gained 6.54% to close at 977.06.
The worst performers were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) which was down 6.08% to 39.09 in late trade, Air Products and Chemicals Inc (NYSE:APD) which lost 5.46% to settle at 248.55 and Delta Air Lines Inc (NYSE:DAL) which was down 3.54% to 43.83 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Mira Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:MIRA) which rose 627.35% to 5.01, CareMax Inc (NASDAQ:CMAX) which was up 228.48% to settle at 5.19 and Nukkleus Inc (NASDAQ:NUKK) which gained 55.63% to close at 0.50.
The worst performers were Crown LNG Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:CGBS) which was down 29.08% to 1.00 in late trade, Linkage Global Inc (NASDAQ:LGCB) which lost 28.52% to settle at 3.66 and Golden Sun Education Group Ltd (NASDAQ:GSUN) which was down 23.66% to 5.13 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2106 to 710 and 99 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2365 rose and 1004 declined, while 107 ended unchanged.
Shares in Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) rose to all time highs; rising 1.40% or 4.64 to 335.93. Shares in Crown LNG Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:CGBS) fell to all time lows; falling 29.08% or 0.41 to 1.00.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 9.75% to 14.91.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.03% or 0.65 to $2,399.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.36% or 0.28 to hit $78.36 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.29% or 0.24 to trade at $82.39 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.09% to 1.09, while USD/JPY fell 0.26% to 157.09.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 104.05.