Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Financials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.62%, while the S&P 500 index gained 1.00%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 1.34%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Visa Inc (NYSE:V), which rose 1.78% or 1.78 points to trade at 101.87 at the close. Meanwhile, Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) added 1.50% or 2.37 points to end at 159.85 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was up 1.50% or 1.09 points to 73.59 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), which fell 0.58% or 0.59 points to trade at 101.40 at the close. Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) declined 0.48% or 0.52 points to end at 108.71 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) was down 0.40% or 0.62 points to 154.26.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) which rose 7.98% to 168.40, Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) which was up 4.39% to settle at 29.24 and Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ:WDC) which gained 3.67% to close at 82.83.
The worst performers were Mylan Inc (NASDAQ:MYL) which was down 4.05% to 29.63 in late trade, Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) which lost 3.65% to settle at 11.63 and Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE:SWN) which was down 3.00% to 5.18 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Crossroads Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CRDS) which rose 43.42% to 2.1800, Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:FRSX) which was up 36.48% to settle at 6.36 and Tandem Dtes Care (NASDAQ:TNDM) which gained 25.00% to close at 0.55.
The worst performers were Digiliti Money Inc (NASDAQ:DGLT) which was down 43.04% to 0.2292 in late trade, SORL Auto Parts Inc (NASDAQ:SORL) which lost 20.09% to settle at 5.570 and Energy XXI Gulf Coast Inc (NASDAQ:EXXI) which was down 17.91% to 14.0300 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2379 to 778 and 88 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1964 rose and 574 declined, while 102 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mylan Inc (NASDAQ:MYL) fell to 3-years lows; down 4.05% or 1.25 to 29.63. Shares in Visa Inc (NYSE:V) rose to all time highs; rising 1.78% or 1.78 to 101.87. Shares in Digiliti Money Inc (NASDAQ:DGLT) fell to all time lows; falling 43.04% or 0.1732 to 0.2292.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 20.25% to 12.37.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.48% or 6.17 to $1287.83 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.68% or 1.31 to hit $47.51 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.78% or 1.45 to trade at $50.65 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.1785, while USD/JPY rose 0.46% to 109.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 93.32.