U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.27%

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

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.27% to hit a new 1-month high, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.71%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 1.31%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), which rose 2.31% or 7.02 points to trade at 310.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM) added 2.01% or 4.25 points to end at 215.28 and Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) was up 1.78% or 2.55 points to 146.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX), which fell 1.75% or 2.96 points to trade at 166.35 at the close. Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) declined 0.91% or 0.59 points to end at 64.11 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) was down 0.74% or 1.05 points to 140.87.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) which rose 8.03% to 1,091.84, Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) which was up 5.49% to settle at 19.40 and Etsy Inc (NASDAQ:ETSY) which gained 4.70% to close at 138.54.

The worst performers were Discovery Inc Class A (NASDAQ:DISCA) which was down 6.47% to 25.58 in late trade, Discovery Communications C Inc (NASDAQ:DISCK) which lost 6.15% to settle at 25.63 and Mosaic Co (NYSE:MOS) which was down 4.72% to 67.97 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation (NASDAQ:HYMC) which rose 81.25% to 2.32, DatChat Inc (NASDAQ:DATS) which was up 61.45% to settle at 2.68 and Newegg Commerce Inc (NASDAQ:NEGG) which gained 43.41% to close at 7.40.

The worst performers were Clever Leaves Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:CLVR) which was down 50.26% to 1.91 in late trade, Neuroone Medical Technologies Corp (NASDAQ:NMTC) which lost 46.85% to settle at 1.18 and Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:AMLX) which was down 35.96% to 16.01 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1704 to 1489 and 125 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2073 fell and 1832 advanced, while 165 ended unchanged.

Shares in Neuroone Medical Technologies Corp (NASDAQ:NMTC) fell to all time lows; down 46.85% or 1.04 to 1.18. Shares in Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:AMLX) fell to all time lows; falling 35.96% or 8.99 to 16.01.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 5.67% to 19.63 a new 1-month low.

Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.62% or 31.70 to $1,922.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 9.17% or 10.45 to hit $103.45 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 9.01% or 10.58 to trade at $106.79 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.07% to 1.10, while USD/JPY rose 1.46% to 123.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 99.08.