Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 2.81% to hit a new 1-month high, while the S&P 500 index gained 3.26%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 4.35%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN), which rose 8.09% or 15.61 points to trade at 208.67 at the close. Meanwhile, Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) added 7.34% or 4.28 points to end at 62.58 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) was up 6.31% or 12.51 points to 210.78 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ), which fell 1.40% or 0.61 points to trade at 43.00 at the close. Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) declined 1.39% or 0.98 points to end at 69.54 and Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) was down 0.63% or 1.69 points to 268.06.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG) which rose 26.21% to 150.61, Stanley Black & Decker Inc (NYSE:SWK) which was up 15.77% to settle at 72.55 and Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:ZBRA) which gained 12.52% to close at 300.11.
The worst performers were Newmont Goldcorp Corp (NYSE:NEM) which was down 5.93% to 50.78 in late trade, American Water Works (NYSE:AWK) which lost 5.65% to settle at 138.64 and MarketAxess Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:MKTX) which was down 5.63% to 218.09 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were DevvStream Corp (NASDAQ:DEVS) which rose 290.93% to 1.31, Kindly MD Inc (NASDAQ:KDLY) which was up 246.67% to settle at 13.52 and Gryphon Digital Mining Inc (NASDAQ:GRYP) which gained 171.29% to close at 1.41.
The worst performers were Inno Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:INHD) which was down 56.30% to 2.36 in late trade, Abits Group Inc (NASDAQ:ABTS) which lost 54.93% to settle at 3.79 and Nuvve Holding Corp (NASDAQ:NVVE) which was down 43.17% to 1.58 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2102 to 692 and 58 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2525 rose and 805 declined, while 104 ended unchanged.
Shares in NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG) rose to all time highs; up 26.21% or 31.28 to 150.61. Shares in Inno Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:INHD) fell to all time lows; down 56.30% or 3.04 to 2.36. Shares in Kindly MD Inc (NASDAQ:KDLY) rose to all time highs; up 246.67% or 9.62 to 13.52.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 15.98% to 18.40 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 3.08% or 103.06 to $3,240.94 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.72% or 1.05 to hit $62.07 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.78% or 1.14 to trade at $65.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.37% to 1.11, while USD/JPY rose 2.10% to 148.41.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.41% at 101.58.