Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.00%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.98%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 1.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which rose 3.71% or 3.36 points to trade at 93.88 at the close. Meanwhile, EI du Pont de Nemours and Company (NYSE:DD) added 2.27% or 1.43 points to end at 64.34 and Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT) was up 1.66% or 1.08 points to 66.02 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV), which fell 0.38% or 0.43 points to trade at 112.24 at the close. Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) declined 0.30% or 0.17 points to end at 57.14 and Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) was down 0.16% or 0.16 points to 100.36.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Williams Companies Inc (NYSE:WMB) which rose 6.41% to 20.59, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:REGN) which was up 6.09% to settle at 391.95 and Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc (NYSE:FCX) which gained 6.05% to close at 11.04.
The worst performers were Range Resources Corporation (NYSE:RRC) which was down 10.28% to 37.69 in late trade, Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) which lost 3.94% to settle at 3.90 and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (NYSE:CMG) which was down 3.01% to 444.56 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Nanosphere Inc (NASDAQ:NSPH) which rose 65.38% to 1.2900, Anacor Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ANAC) which was up 57.22% to settle at 100.67 and Eleven Biothera (NASDAQ:EBIO) which gained 40.07% to close at 1.2900.
The worst performers were BreitBurn Energy Partners LP (NASDAQ:BBEP) which was down 65.77% to 0.0660 in late trade, Gevo Inc (NASDAQ:GEVO) which lost 21.59% to settle at 0.3058 and Delta Technology Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:DELT) which was down 17.78% to 0.7400 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2480 to 846 and 28 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1779 rose and 783 declined, while 61 ended unchanged.
Shares in BreitBurn Energy Partners LP (NASDAQ:BBEP) fell to all time lows; down 65.77% or 0.1268 to 0.0660.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 2.53% to 14.66.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.25% or 3.20 to $1275.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 3.57% or 1.65 to hit $47.86 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 2.55% or 1.22 to trade at $49.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.05% to 1.1319, while USD/JPY rose 0.29% to 108.97.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 94.54.