Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.90%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.86%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.89%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which rose 1.94% or 3.40 points to trade at 179.02 at the close. Meanwhile, JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) added 1.73% or 1.46 points to end at 85.86 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) was up 1.63% or 0.90 points to 56.24 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), which fell 0.13% or 0.11 points to trade at 81.58 at the close. Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) added 0.07% or 0.07 points to end at 106.17 and General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) was up 0.27% or 0.08 points to 29.64.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) which rose 3.92% to 99.23, M&T Bank Corporation (NYSE:MTB) which was up 3.91% to settle at 153.71 and Arconic Inc (NYSE:ARNC) which gained 3.05% to close at 26.69.
The worst performers were Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:INCY) which was down 10.49% to 126.07 in late trade, DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ:DISH) which lost 5.75% to settle at 58.79 and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) which was down 4.08% to 82.38 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Cleveland BioLabs Inc (NASDAQ:CBLI) which rose 204.49% to 4.750, MOCON Inc (NASDAQ:MOCO) which was up 37.18% to settle at 29.70 and Medical Tra (NASDAQ:MTBC) which gained 21.43% to close at 0.5100.
The worst performers were Spi Energy Co Ltd (NASDAQ:SPI) which was down 21.31% to 0.56 in late trade, China Auto Logistics Inc (NASDAQ:CALI) which lost 21.07% to settle at 2.360 and Apricus Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:APRI) which was down 20.62% to 1.540 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2328 to 886 and 40 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1744 rose and 766 declined, while 109 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cleveland BioLabs Inc (NASDAQ:CBLI) rose to 52-week highs; rising 204.49% or 3.190 to 4.750. Shares in Spi Energy Co Ltd (NASDAQ:SPI) fell to all time lows; losing 21.31% or 0.15 to 0.56. Shares in MOCON Inc (NASDAQ:MOCO) rose to all time highs; gaining 37.18% or 8.05 to 29.70.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 8.08% to 14.67.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.19% or 2.50 to $1286.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.94% or 0.50 to hit $52.68 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.84% or 0.47 to trade at $55.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.30% to 1.0644, while USD/JPY rose 0.30% to 108.98.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 100.21.