Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the gained 0.71%, while the index climbed 1.06%, and the index added 1.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:), which rose 3.85% or 6.06 points to trade at 163.43 at the close. American Express Company (NYSE:) added 2.53% or 4.01 points to end at 162.45 and Salesforce Inc (NYSE:) was up 1.87% or 3.04 points to 165.63 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:), which lost 4.07% or 10.07 points to trade at 237.62 in late trade. Home Depot Inc (NYSE:) declined 0.74% or 2.23 points to end at 297.54 and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:) shed 0.04% or 0.07 points to 165.64.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were DXC Technology Co (NYSE:) which rose 5.98% to 28.36, APA Corporation (NASDAQ:) which was up 5.01% to settle at 40.00 and Fortinet Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 4.20% to close at 55.84.
The worst performers were The Mosaic Company (NYSE:) which was down 6.76% to 52.44 in late trade, Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 4.07% to settle at 237.62 and CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE:) which was down 4.05% to 99.48 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Neurobo Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 101.30% to 0.56, InMed Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 70.42% to settle at 18.78 and Ventyx Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 64.98% to close at 38.11.
The worst performers were Tuesday Morning Corp (NASDAQ:) which was down 31.19% to 0.19 in late trade, WeTrade Group Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 30.19% to settle at 1.11 and Akari Therapeutics PLC (NASDAQ:) which was down 27.88% to 0.75 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2360 to 764 and 160 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2431 rose and 1384 declined, while 259 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 4.74% to 23.87.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.43% or 7.45 to $1,736.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.35% or 1.17 to hit $87.96 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.44% or 1.34 to trade at $94.18 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.81% to 1.01, while USD/JPY rose 0.21% to 142.82.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.60% at 108.08.