Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.70% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.52%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which rose 2.27% or 2.19 points to trade at 98.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) added 1.46% or 3.55 points to end at 246.27 and Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) was up 1.46% or 0.46 points to 31.97 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ), which fell 0.88% or 0.43 points to trade at 48.55 at the close. Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT) declined 0.37% or 0.25 points to end at 67.77 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) was down 0.23% or 0.13 points to 56.09.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NASDAQ:GT) which rose 5.90% to 35.71, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:REGN) which was up 4.39% to settle at 375.66 and Nucor Corporation (NYSE:NUE) which gained 4.26% to close at 63.59.
The worst performers were NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) which was down 4.61% to 108.38 in late trade, Activision Blizzard Inc (NASDAQ:ATVI) which lost 3.24% to settle at 45.70 and Gap Inc (NYSE:GPS) which was down 3.00% to 23.63 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were My Size Inc (NASDAQ:MYSZ) which rose 184.94% to 10.97, Sino-Global Shipping America Ltd (NASDAQ:SINO) which was up 72.79% to settle at 4.7000 and Zosano Pharma Corp (NASDAQ:ZSAN) which gained 41.67% to close at 1.700.
The worst performers were Tellurian Inc (NASDAQ:TELL) which was down 17.25% to 11.6100 in late trade, Signal Genetics Inc (NASDAQ:SGNL) which lost 15.17% to settle at 12.3000 and Celsion Corp (NASDAQ:CLSN) which was down 13.70% to 0.388 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1880 to 1341 and 43 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1398 rose and 1087 declined, while 132 ended unchanged.
Shares in The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NASDAQ:GT) rose to 5-year highs; rising 5.90% or 1.99 to 35.71. Shares in Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.46% or 3.55 to 246.27. Shares in Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.46% or 0.46 to 31.97. Shares in My Size Inc (NASDAQ:MYSZ) rose to all time highs; gaining 184.94% or 7.12 to 10.97.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 2.03% to 11.07.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.74% or 9.15 to $1226.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.78% or 0.96 to hit $52.90 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.96% or 1.11 to trade at $55.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.39% to 1.0598, while USD/JPY rose 0.47% to 113.72.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 100.99.