U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 1.86%

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 added 1.86%, while the S&P 500 index gained 2.65%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 3.43%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were JPMorgan Chase&Co (NYSE:JPM), which rose 4.20% or 4.67 points to trade at 115.86 at the close. Meanwhile, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) added 3.92% or 8.97 points to end at 237.53 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) was up 3.49% or 4.77 points to 141.58 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), which fell 0.72% or 0.24 points to trade at 33.00 at the close. 3M Company (NYSE:MMM) added 0.20% or 0.23 points to end at 113.86 and Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) was up 0.31% or 0.14 points to 45.26.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Ceridian HCM Holding Inc (NYSE:CDAY) which rose 8.08% to 56.04, DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ:DISH) which was up 7.33% to settle at 13.91 and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) which gained 7.01% to close at 219.35.

The worst performers were Fox Corp Class A (NASDAQ:FOXA) which was down 9.41% to 28.58 in late trade, Fox Corp Class B (NASDAQ:FOX) which lost 8.09% to settle at 26.80 and Kroger Company (NYSE:KR) which was down 2.42% to 42.12 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Acorda Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ACOR) which rose 167.52% to 0.90, Inpixon (NASDAQ:INPX) which was up 90.59% to settle at 9.11 and Fednat Holding Co (NASDAQ:FNHC) which gained 60.35% to close at 0.83.

The worst performers were NGM Biopharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:NGM) which was down 70.48% to 3.41 in late trade, Minerva Neurosciences Inc (NASDAQ:NERV) which lost 69.55% to settle at 4.09 and Intelligent Living Application Group Inc (NASDAQ:ILAG) which was down 54.07% to 2.99 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2639 to 490 and 89 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2861 rose and 935 declined, while 187 ended unchanged.

Shares in Fox Corp Class A (NASDAQ:FOXA) fell to 52-week lows; falling 9.41% or 2.97 to 28.58. Shares in Fox Corp Class B (NASDAQ:FOX) fell to 52-week lows; falling 8.09% or 2.36 to 26.80. Shares in NGM Biopharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:NGM) fell to all time lows; down 70.48% or 8.14 to 3.41.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 2.03% to 31.37.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.35% or 5.75 to $1,654.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $84.65 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.15% or 0.14 to trade at $91.77 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 1.22% to 0.98, while USD/JPY rose 0.21% to 149.05.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.06% at 112.01.