Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Technology and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.62%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.83%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 1.43%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Raytheon Technologies Corp (NYSE:RTX), which rose 2.57% or 1.68 points to trade at 67.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) added 2.25% or 4.53 points to end at 206.31 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) was up 2.23% or 2.27 points to 103.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK), which fell 2.99% or 2.28 points to trade at 74.02 at the close. Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) declined 1.26% or 1.16 points to end at 91.23 and Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) was down 1.16% or 0.39 points to 33.36.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were ViacomCBS Inc (NASDAQ:VIAC) which rose 8.69% to 24.89, Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN) which was up 7.17% to settle at 63.50 and ONEOK Inc (NYSE:OKE) which gained 6.89% to close at 36.44.
The worst performers were Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (NYSE:COG) which was down 3.34% to 19.40 in late trade, Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) which lost 2.99% to settle at 74.02 and Corteva Inc (NYSE:CTVA) which was down 2.80% to 26.77 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Urban One Inc Bats (NASDAQ:UONE) which rose 255.43% to 6.540, Stellar Biotechnologies Inc (NASDAQ:EDSA) which was up 100.00% to settle at 5.80 and China HGS Real Estate Inc (NASDAQ:HGSH) which gained 72.00% to close at 1.2900.
The worst performers were Dragon Victory International Ltd (NASDAQ:LYL) which was down 19.35% to 1.250 in late trade, Arts-Way Manufacturing Co Inc (NASDAQ:ARTW) which lost 16.72% to settle at 2.540 and Extraction Oil & Gas Inc (NASDAQ:XOG) which was down 16.68% to 0.533 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1913 to 952 and 69 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1966 rose and 725 declined, while 50 ended unchanged.
Shares in Urban One Inc Bats (NASDAQ:UONE) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 255.43% or 4.700 to 6.540. Shares in China HGS Real Estate Inc (NASDAQ:HGSH) rose to 52-week highs; up 72.00% or 0.5400 to 1.2900.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.68% to 34.40.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.32% or 5.50 to $1731.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.29% or 0.83 to hit $37.09 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.01 to trade at $39.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1325, while USD/JPY rose 0.04% to 107.36.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.73% at 96.615.