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 added 0.64%, while the index gained 0.69%, and the index gained 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Nike Inc (NYSE:), which rose 2.97% or 3.09 points to trade at 107.21 at the close. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:) added 2.51% or 3.78 points to end at 154.48 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:) was up 1.61% or 4.45 points to 280.42 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:), which lost 1.23% or 1.08 points to trade at 86.64 in late trade. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:) declined 0.79% or 1.32 points to end at 166.28 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:) shed 0.35% or 0.12 points to 34.15.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were WestRock Co (NYSE:) which rose 5.48% to 36.02, The Mosaic Company (NYSE:) which was up 5.11% to settle at 54.87 and Packaging Corp of America (NYSE:) which gained 5.11% to close at 124.10.
The worst performers were Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 7.14% to 127.90 in late trade, MarketAxess Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 5.38% to settle at 238.53 and Edwards Lifesciences Corp (NYSE:) which was down 4.84% to 88.83 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Ventoux CCM Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:) which rose 54.61% to 7.05, Purple Innovation Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 39.43% to settle at 3.89 and Troika Media Group Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 33.28% to close at 0.40.
The worst performers were Virios Therapeutics Llc (NASDAQ:) which was down 77.20% to 2.00 in late trade, Golden Path Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:) which lost 64.92% to settle at 2.95 and Panbela Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 46.09% to 0.31 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1885 to 1236 and 162 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2080 fell and 1733 advanced, while 267 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 2.05% to 25.76.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.06% or 1.05 to $1,684.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.46% or 0.39 to hit $85.15 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.60% or 0.55 to trade at $91.90 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 1.00, while USD/JPY rose 0.23% to 143.24.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 109.37.