U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.07%

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

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.07%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.58%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 1.05%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which rose 2.26% or 0.79 points to trade at 35.68 at the close. Meanwhile, Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM) added 1.61% or 3.37 points to end at 212.07 and Merck&Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) was up 1.39% or 1.49 points to 108.93 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were 3M Company (NYSE:MMM), which fell 1.06% or 1.11 points to trade at 103.44 at the close. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) declined 0.95% or 0.28 points to end at 29.07 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) was down 0.88% or 2.99 points to 337.74.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) which rose 7.09% to 437.53, Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) which was up 6.07% to settle at 68.28 and Steel Dynamics Inc (NASDAQ:STLD) which gained 5.23% to close at 107.65.

The worst performers were KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) which was down 4.63% to 11.03 in late trade, Comerica Inc (NYSE:CMA) which lost 3.89% to settle at 50.09 and Citizens Financial Group Inc (NYSE:CFG) which was down 3.68% to 29.58 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Zynerba Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ZYNE) which rose 298.23% to 1.35, Taysha Gene Therapies Inc (NASDAQ:TSHA) which was up 188.23% to settle at 2.13 and Powerbridge Technologies Co Ltd (NASDAQ:PBTS) which gained 70.18% to close at 0.28.

The worst performers were China Liberal Education Holdings (NASDAQ:CLEU) which was down 69.32% to 0.77 in late trade, BioXcel Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:BTAI) which lost 41.49% to settle at 4.33 and Aurora Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:AURC) which was down 35.28% to 22.97 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1720 to 1230 and 76 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2089 fell and 1449 advanced, while 101 ended unchanged.

Shares in BioXcel Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:BTAI) fell to 3-years lows; losing 41.49% or 3.07 to 4.33.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.13% to 14.82.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.36% or 7.05 to $1,939.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.71% or 0.59 to hit $82.60 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.58% or 0.50 to trade at $86.31 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.36% to 1.09, while USD/JPY rose 0.36% to 145.48.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 103.04.