U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.62%

Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials, Healthcare and Oil&Gas sectors led shares higher.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.62%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.24%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.18%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which rose 2.79% or 0.89 points to trade at 32.74 at the close. Meanwhile, Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) added 2.78% or 6.08 points to end at 224.73 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) was up 2.51% or 7.60 points to 310.41 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ), which fell 2.12% or 0.76 points to trade at 35.14 at the close. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) declined 1.60% or 5.39 points to end at 331.83 and The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV) was down 1.51% or 2.59 points to 169.06.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Wynn Resorts Limited (NASDAQ:WYNN) which rose 5.69% to 107.09, MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM) which was up 5.60% to settle at 45.51 and Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:ENPH) which gained 5.60% to close at 175.47.

The worst performers were FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC) which was down 11.18% to 92.60 in late trade, Corteva Inc (NYSE:CTVA) which lost 5.57% to settle at 54.11 and DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ:DISH) which was down 2.75% to 7.08 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Mobilicom Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:MOB) which rose 88.00% to 2.82, Jupiter Wellness Inc (NASDAQ:JUPW) which was up 50.27% to settle at 0.55 and Alpine 4 Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:ALPP) which gained 40.48% to close at 2.36.

The worst performers were Tivic Health Systems Inc (NASDAQ:TIVC) which was down 35.98% to 0.07 in late trade, Neonode Inc (NASDAQ:NEON) which lost 35.20% to settle at 4.75 and Better Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:BTTX) which was down 19.64% to 0.90 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2053 to 893 and 92 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2291 rose and 1218 declined, while 142 ended unchanged.

Shares in FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC) fell to 52-week lows; losing 11.18% or 11.65 to 92.60. Shares in Tivic Health Systems Inc (NASDAQ:TIVC) fell to all time lows; falling 35.98% or 0.04 to 0.07.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 1.62% to 15.07.

Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.08% or 1.60 to $1,930.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.91% or 0.67 to hit $73.19 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.78% or 0.61 to trade at $77.86 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.30% to 1.10, while USD/JPY fell 0.52% to 141.32.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 101.62.