Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.85%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.64%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE), which rose 2.85% or 2.04 points to trade at 73.70 at the close. Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) added 2.51% or 2.14 points to end at 87.49 and Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH) was up 2.12% or 10.37 points to 499.02 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), which lost 1.76% or 2.14 points to trade at 119.53 in late trade. Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) declined 1.12% or 2.21 points to end at 195.74 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) shed 0.47% or 1.25 points to 264.38.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:ENPH) which rose 9.75% to 63.80, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) which was up 6.88% to settle at 25.71 and The AES Corporation (NYSE:AES) which gained 5.97% to close at 13.05.
The worst performers were Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:INCY) which was down 8.65% to 61.99 in late trade, Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) which lost 6.86% to settle at 152.99 and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) which was down 4.79% to 238.01 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were SAIHEAT Ltd (NASDAQ:SAIH) which rose 1,420.87% to 5.91, Farmmi Inc (NASDAQ:FAMI) which was up 1,142.83% to settle at 1.95 and Airnet Technology Inc (NASDAQ:ANTE) which gained 97.93% to close at 1.61.
The worst performers were Bon Natural Life Ltd (NASDAQ:BON) which was down 58.85% to 0.59 in late trade, Lytus Technologies Holdings Ptv Ltd (NASDAQ:LYT) which lost 24.66% to settle at 0.08 and Starbox Group Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:STBX) which was down 23.85% to 0.20 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2178 to 598 and 78 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2247 rose and 1056 declined, while 124 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 5.79% to 20.51.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.30% or 9.00 to $3,010.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.63% or 0.42 to hit $67.33 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.67% or 0.47 to trade at $71.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.40% to 1.09, while USD/JPY rose 0.36% to 149.16.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 103.00.