Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Goods and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.32%, while the S&P 500 index added 1.47%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 1.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT), which rose 2.35% or 1.65 points to trade at 71.95 at the close. Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) added 2.31% or 1.99 points to end at 88.23 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) was up 2.24% or 2.31 points to 105.44 in late trade.
Biggest losers included EI du Pont de Nemours and Company (NYSE:DD), which lost 0.35% or 0.24 points to trade at 68.19 in late trade. Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) added 0.52% or 0.45 points to end at 87.29 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) gained 0.65% or 0.43 points to 67.08.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc (NYSE:FCX) which rose 7.98% to 11.09, Perrigo Co (NYSE:PRGO) which was up 7.37% to settle at 95.25 and News Corp B (NASDAQ:NWS) which gained 6.30% to close at 14.50.
The worst performers were Kroger Company (NYSE:KR) which was down 1.97% to 30.89 in late trade, Extra Space Storage Inc (NYSE:EXR) which lost 1.74% to settle at 78.53 and Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) which was down 1.28% to 15.47 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were SORL Auto Parts Inc (NASDAQ:SORL) which rose 23.69% to 3.550, Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp (NASDAQ:RPTP) which was up 20.54% to settle at 8.98 and Resonant Inc (NASDAQ:RESN) which gained 17.65% to close at 6.400.
The worst performers were FunctionX Inc (NASDAQ:FNCX) which was down 20.76% to 0.2141 in late trade, Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN) which lost 19.58% to settle at 2.300 and Nxt-Id Inc (NASDAQ:NXTD) which was down 19.57% to 3.3300 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2240 to 952 and 61 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1840 rose and 679 declined, while 106 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 14.11% to 15.03.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.27% or 3.65 to $1330.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.31% or 0.14 to hit $46.02 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.25% or 0.12 to trade at $48.13 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1231, while USD/JPY fell 0.82% to 101.88.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.18% at 95.16.