Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.42%, while the S&P 500 index gained 1.76%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 2.27%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD), which rose 3.59% or 12.62 points to trade at 363.77 at the close. Meanwhile, Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) added 3.48% or 6.82 points to end at 203.03 and NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) was up 3.02% or 3.55 points to 121.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ), which fell 0.98% or 0.43 points to trade at 43.56 at the close. Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) declined 0.86% or 0.80 points to end at 92.31 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) was down 0.81% or 0.55 points to 67.39.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) which rose 11.93% to 278.39, United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UAL) which was up 7.16% to settle at 80.23 and Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) which gained 6.96% to close at 113.85.
The worst performers were Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE:HRL) which was down 2.40% to 29.26 in late trade, MarketAxess Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:MKTX) which lost 2.35% to settle at 211.78 and Brown Forman (NYSE:BFb) which was down 2.34% to 33.84 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Zoomcar Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:ZCAR) which rose 2,280.95% to 6.25, MicroAlgo Inc (NASDAQ:MLGO) which was up 446.43% to settle at 13.77 and Integrated Media Technology Ltd (NASDAQ:IMTE) which gained 191.80% to close at 2.06.
The worst performers were WANG & LEE GROUP Inc (NASDAQ:WLGS) which was down 85.48% to 0.75 in late trade, 23Andme Holding Co (NASDAQ:ME) which lost 59.22% to settle at 0.73 and High Trend International Group (NASDAQ:HTCO) which was down 50.00% to 0.94 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2050 to 731 and 76 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2223 rose and 1080 declined, while 131 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) fell to 5-year lows; down 0.81% or 0.55 to 67.39. Shares in 23Andme Holding Co (NASDAQ:ME) fell to all time lows; falling 59.22% or 1.06 to 0.73.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 9.34% to 17.48 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.08% or 2.44 to $3,045.96 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.29% or 0.88 to hit $69.16 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.15% or 0.82 to trade at $72.43 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 1.08, while USD/JPY rose 0.92% to 150.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 103.97.