U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 1.34% By Investing.com

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

At the close in NYSE, the rose 1.34% to hit a new 1-month high, while the index climbed 1.19%, and the index added 0.86%.

The best performers of the session on the were Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:), which rose 3.72% or 9.38 points to trade at 261.32 at the close. Meanwhile, Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:) added 2.97% or 1.66 points to end at 57.62 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:) was up 2.93% or 8.08 points to 283.61 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nike Inc (NYSE:), which fell 0.53% or 0.47 points to trade at 88.03 at the close. Walt Disney Company (NYSE:) declined 0.27% or 0.28 points to end at 101.76 and Chevron Corp (NYSE:) was down 0.05% or 0.08 points to 173.11.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were HCA Holdings Inc (NYSE:) which rose 7.02% to 210.47, Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ:) which was up 5.30% to settle at 207.83 and Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:) which gained 5.28% to close at 20.55.

The worst performers were Las Vegas Sands Corp (NYSE:) which was down 10.31% to 35.04 in late trade, Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:) which lost 5.47% to settle at 83.76 and Wynn Resorts Limited (NASDAQ:) which was down 3.86% to 56.53 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Applied Genetic (NASDAQ:) which rose 62.43% to 0.39, Vaxcyte Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 60.35% to settle at 33.00 and Mullen Automotive Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 32.94% to close at 0.50.

The worst performers were Tricida Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 94.48% to 0.60 in late trade, Alfi Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 54.32% to settle at 0.11 and Huadi International Group Co Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was down 43.99% to 33.00 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1755 to 1346 and 116 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1942 rose and 1821 declined, while 217 ended unchanged.

Shares in Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to all time highs; rising 3.72% or 9.38 to 261.32. Shares in Tricida Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; down 94.48% or 10.28 to 0.60. Shares in Vaxcyte Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 60.35% or 12.42 to 33.00. Shares in Alfi Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 54.32% or 0.13 to 0.11.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.54% to 29.85.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.16% or 2.60 to $1,653.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.26% or 0.22 to hit $84.83 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.11 to trade at $91.45 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.15% to 0.99, while USD/JPY rose 0.97% to 149.07.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 111.93.