U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.59%

Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Technology and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.59% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index added 0.76%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 1.12%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM), which rose 2.83% or 7.92 points to trade at 287.86 at the close. Meanwhile, Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) added 2.23% or 2.13 points to end at 97.49 and Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:V) was up 2.13% or 5.72 points to 273.66 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ), which fell 0.83% or 0.35 points to trade at 42.05 at the close. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) declined 0.57% or 0.13 points to end at 22.72 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) was down 0.36% or 0.69 points to 191.73.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) which rose 5.55% to 54.94, Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) which was up 4.55% to settle at 16.55 and Illumina Inc (NASDAQ:ILMN) which gained 4.33% to close at 146.72.

The worst performers were HP Inc (NYSE:HPQ) which was down 2.53% to 29.24 in late trade, International Paper (NYSE:IP) which lost 2.26% to settle at 36.72 and Seagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ:STX) which was down 2.00% to 88.63 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Onemednet Corp (NASDAQ:ONMD) which rose 168.21% to 1.37, Palisade Bio Inc (NASDAQ:PALI) which was up 83.21% to settle at 0.96 and FibroGen Inc (NASDAQ:FGEN) which gained 82.71% to close at 1.71.

The worst performers were Panbela Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:PBLA) which was down 65.34% to 1.48 in late trade, Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holding (NASDAQ:CRBP) which lost 36.86% to settle at 18.62 and Arrival Vault USA Inc (NASDAQ:ARVL) which was down 33.69% to 0.49 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2048 to 820 and 79 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2377 rose and 1089 declined, while 92 ended unchanged.

Shares in Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.83% or 7.92 to 287.86. Shares in Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:V) rose to all time highs; up 2.13% or 5.72 to 273.66. Shares in Panbela Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:PBLA) fell to all time lows; losing 65.34% or 2.79 to 1.48. Shares in Arrival Vault USA Inc (NASDAQ:ARVL) fell to all time lows; falling 33.69% or 0.25 to 0.49.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 2.56% to 13.60.

Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.69% or 14.00 to $2,050.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.29% or 1.01 to hit $77.00 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.12% or 0.93 to trade at $82.02 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.08, while USD/JPY fell 0.46% to 147.49.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 103.28.