Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.20%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.68%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which rose 6.20% or 12.37 points to trade at 211.99 at the close. Meanwhile, Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) added 5.13% or 4.40 points to end at 90.19 and Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) was up 4.20% or 5.93 points to 147.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which fell 2.76% or 3.24 points to trade at 114.10 at the close. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) declined 0.98% or 1.43 points to end at 143.92 and Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) was down 0.77% or 0.62 points to 79.83.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Macy’s Inc (NYSE:M) which rose 16.57% to 10.55, Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) which was up 15.86% to settle at 15.63 and Helmerich and Payne Inc (NYSE:HP) which gained 14.04% to close at 22.99.
The worst performers were Newmont Goldcorp Corp (NYSE:NEM) which was down 4.38% to 58.95 in late trade, MarketAxess Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:MKTX) which lost 4.24% to settle at 523.00 and Viatris Inc (NASDAQ:VTRS) which was down 2.95% to 16.62 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were FStar Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:FSTX) which rose 236.36% to 4.070, ENGlobal Corporation (NASDAQ:ENG) which was up 88.18% to settle at 2.0700 and Fuel Tech Inc (NASDAQ:FTEK) which gained 75.98% to close at 2.2350.
The worst performers were Polarityte Inc (NASDAQ:PTE) which was down 29.94% to 0.64 in late trade, Bellerophon Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:BLPH) which lost 16.51% to settle at 7.3300 and Personalis Inc (NASDAQ:PSNL) which was down 15.03% to 26.34 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2292 to 635 and 84 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1916 rose and 898 declined, while 71 ended unchanged.
Shares in Polarityte Inc (NASDAQ:PTE) fell to all time lows; down 29.94% or 0.28 to 0.64. Shares in ENGlobal Corporation (NASDAQ:ENG) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 88.18% or 0.9700 to 2.0700. Shares in Fuel Tech Inc (NASDAQ:FTEK) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 75.98% or 0.9650 to 2.2350.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.64% to 22.60.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.88% or 35.25 to $1837.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.25% or 0.53 to hit $42.95 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.82% or 0.82 to trade at $45.89 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.08% to 1.1844, while USD/JPY rose 0.61% to 104.48.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 92.483.