Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.72%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.45%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT), which rose 2.93% or 2.43 points to trade at 85.42 at the close. Meanwhile, Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) added 2.41% or 1.46 points to end at 62.02 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) was up 2.14% or 4.01 points to 191.36 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), which fell 2.77% or 0.39 points to trade at 13.71 at the close. Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) declined 1.28% or 1.59 points to end at 122.26 and Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM) was down 1.05% or 0.86 points to 80.97.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Under Armour Inc A (NYSE:UAA) which rose 6.34% to 22.71, Under Armour Inc C (NYSE:UA) which was up 5.90% to settle at 20.470 and Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) which gained 4.88% to close at 76.35.
The worst performers were Baker Hughes A Ge Company LLC (NYSE:BHGE) which was down 6.47% to 32.67 in late trade, Newfield Exploration Company (NYSE:NFX) which lost 5.84% to settle at 28.20 and Wynn Resorts Limited (NASDAQ:WYNN) which was down 5.02% to 182.83 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were American Electric Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:AETI) which rose 126.35% to 1.675, Deciphera Pharmaceuticals LLC (NASDAQ:DCPH) which was up 47.86% to settle at 38.31 and Liberty Tripadvisor Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LTRPB) which lost 0.29% to close at 17.00.
The worst performers were Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NKTR) which was down 41.82% to 52.57 in late trade, Jounce Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:JNCE) which lost 33.48% to settle at 7.47 and Kandi Technologies Group Inc (NASDAQ:KNDI) which was down 29.36% to 3.850 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1888 to 1166 and 133 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1422 rose and 1148 declined, while 102 ended unchanged.
Shares in Deciphera Pharmaceuticals LLC (NASDAQ:DCPH) rose to all time highs; up 47.86% or 12.40 to 38.31. Shares in Jounce Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:JNCE) fell to all time lows; down 33.48% or 3.76 to 7.47.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 5.65% to 12.70.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.28% or 3.70 to $1295.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.44% or 0.95 to hit $64.86 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.93% or 1.48 to trade at $75.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.29% to 1.1694, while USD/JPY rose 0.27% to 109.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 94.03.