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Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Services and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.75%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.94%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 1.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS), which rose 2.33% or 14.31 points to trade at 627.85 at the close. Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) added 2.26% or 1.37 points to end at 61.90 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) was up 2.23% or 6.43 points to 294.22 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH), which lost 1.87% or 5.87 points to trade at 307.66 in late trade. McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) declined 1.86% or 5.62 points to end at 296.29 and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) shed 1.20% or 1.88 points to 155.22.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Estee Lauder Companies Inc (NYSE:EL) which rose 10.82% to 74.59, Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) which was up 8.82% to settle at 126.40 and MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM) which gained 8.10% to close at 34.30.
The worst performers were Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) which was down 3.99% to 467.06 in late trade, Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) which lost 3.72% to settle at 497.52 and L3Harris Technologies Inc (NYSE:LHX) which was down 3.59% to 247.77 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were GlucoTrack Inc (NASDAQ:GCTK) which rose 6,543.84% to 6.30, Shuttle Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:SHPH) which was up 2,354.82% to settle at 3.26 and Jeffs Brands Ltd Unit (NASDAQ:JFBR) which gained 1,824.40% to close at 5.60.
The worst performers were Robin Energy Ltd (NASDAQ:RBNE) which was down 60.57% to 5.52 in late trade, Sarepta Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:SRPT) which lost 42.12% to settle at 20.94 and Smart Powerr Corp (NASDAQ:CREG) which was down 39.20% to 0.35 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1769 to 1012 and 75 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2147 rose and 1191 declined, while 126 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 8.21% to 19.11.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.38% or 47.75 to $3,405.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.75% or 1.25 to hit $70.04 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.66% or 1.23 to trade at $73.00 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.08% to 1.16, while USD/JPY rose 0.46% to 144.77.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 97.69.