Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.32% to hit a new 1-month high, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.09%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH), which rose 8.21% or 23.98 points to trade at 315.89 at the close. Meanwhile, Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) added 1.54% or 1.17 points to end at 77.23 and Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) was up 1.26% or 3.44 points to 275.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE), which fell 1.63% or 1.03 points to trade at 62.08 at the close. Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) declined 1.35% or 1.89 points to end at 138.50 and Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM) was down 1.21% or 3.52 points to 287.63.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH) which rose 8.21% to 315.89, Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA) which was up 6.19% to settle at 26.40 and Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) which gained 4.95% to close at 98.18.
The worst performers were First Solar Inc (NASDAQ:FSLR) which was down 7.59% to 164.92 in late trade, The AES Corporation (NYSE:AES) which lost 4.10% to settle at 11.71 and Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ:CZR) which was down 3.68% to 29.57 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were CN Energy Group Inc (NASDAQ:CNEY) which rose 2,459.83% to 2.99, Presidio Property Trust (NASDAQ:SQFT) which was up 924.59% to settle at 6.25 and Protagenic Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PTIX) which gained 263.70% to close at 11.02.
The worst performers were Zapp Electric Vehicles Group Ltd (NASDAQ:ZAPP) which was down 46.31% to 0.15 in late trade, Affimed NV (NASDAQ:AFMD) which lost 34.95% to settle at 0.18 and Autozi Internet Technology (NASDAQ:AZI) which was down 26.84% to 0.75 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1581 to 1167 and 94 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1687 fell and 1619 advanced, while 133 ended unchanged.
Shares in Zapp Electric Vehicles Group Ltd (NASDAQ:ZAPP) fell to all time lows; falling 46.31% or 0.13 to 0.15.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 5.28% to 18.15.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.39% or 44.37 to $3,231.67 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.24% or 0.15 to hit $62.12 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.14% or 0.09 to trade at $65.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.69% to 1.12, while USD/JPY fell 0.54% to 144.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.71% at 100.23.