Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials, Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.73%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.58%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.77%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Company (NYSE:BA), which rose 2.26% or 2.93 points to trade at 132.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) added 1.45% or 2.11 points to end at 147.75 and 3M Company (NYSE:MMM) was up 1.36% or 2.29 points to 171.23 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO), which fell 0.52% or 0.15 points to trade at 28.80 at the close. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) declined 0.24% or 0.23 points to end at 95.10 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was down 0.12% or 0.06 points to 50.07.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) which rose 10.03% to 14.48, Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE:SWN) which was up 6.26% to settle at 13.91 and Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE:MUR) which gained 6.00% to close at 31.10.
The worst performers were Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE:ADS) which was down 3.10% to 200.80 in late trade, Wynn Resorts Limited (NASDAQ:WYNN) which lost 2.81% to settle at 100.29 and Endo International PLC (NASDAQ:ENDP) which was down 2.25% to 16.07 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Tetralogic Phrm (NASDAQ:TLOG) which rose 62.77% to 0.4997, StemCells Inc (NASDAQ:STEM) which was up 49.60% to settle at 0.5670 and Lpath Inc (NASDAQ:LPTN) which gained 43.75% to close at 2.9900.
The worst performers were Chromadex Corp (NASDAQ:CDXC) which was down 42.97% to 2.8400 in late trade, Globeimmune (NASDAQ:GBIM) which lost 30.91% to settle at 2.280 and Towerstream Corporation (NASDAQ:TWER) which was down 21.90% to 0.1530 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2513 to 806 and 16 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1877 rose and 690 declined, while 62 ended unchanged.
Shares in Chromadex Corp (NASDAQ:CDXC) fell to 52-week lows; down 42.97% or 2.1400 to 2.8400.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.69% to 18.50.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.17% or 2.25 to $1292.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.49% or 1.21 to hit $49.77 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.44% or 1.20 to trade at $50.37 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.26% to 1.1306, while USD/JPY fell 0.29% to 103.88.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.63% at 93.71.