Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.68% to hit a new 1-month high, while the S&P 500 index added 1.80%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 2.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN), which rose 4.32% or 10.60 points to trade at 256.01 at the close. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) added 3.08% or 3.48 points to end at 116.50 and The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV) was up 3.07% or 3.33 points to 111.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO), which added 0.04% or 0.02 points to trade at 49.38 in late trade. Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) added 0.54% or 0.44 points to end at 81.24 and Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) gained 0.67% or 0.82 points to 123.37.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:REGN) which rose 7.13% to 605.08, United Rentals Inc (NYSE:URI) which was up 6.85% to settle at 197.70 and Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) which gained 6.48% to close at 10.51.
The worst performers were DR Horton Inc (NYSE:DHI) which was down 2.81% to 75.70 in late trade, The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE:SCHW) which lost 1.94% to settle at 36.94 and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd (NYSE:NCLH) which was down 1.62% to 16.99 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Westwater Resources Inc (NASDAQ:WWR) which rose 87.33% to 8.280, GreenPro Capital Corp (NASDAQ:GRNQ) which was up 70.64% to settle at 1.8600 and MyoKardia Inc (NASDAQ:MYOK) which gained 57.84% to close at 220.34.
The worst performers were Westell Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:WSTL) which was down 17.89% to 0.920 in late trade, Synalloy Corporation (NASDAQ:SYNL) which lost 17.28% to settle at 4.69 and Lonestar Resources Ltd (NASDAQ:LONE) which was down 12.25% to 0.275 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2332 to 779 and 66 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2214 rose and 682 declined, while 75 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 1.19% to 27.96.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.57% or 10.90 to $1918.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 6.18% or 2.29 to hit $39.34 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.02 to trade at $41.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1783, while USD/JPY rose 0.01% to 105.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 93.493.