U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.30%

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

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.30%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.81%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 1.90%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM), which rose 3.11% or 6.60 points to trade at 218.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) added 2.37% or 4.13 points to end at 178.44 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) was up 2.27% or 1.09 points to 49.20 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV), which fell 1.85% or 3.43 points to trade at 181.82 at the close. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) declined 1.05% or 0.46 points to end at 43.40 and McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) was down 0.97% or 2.42 points to 246.83.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) which rose 27.12% to 49.97, Etsy Inc (NASDAQ:ETSY) which was up 7.18% to settle at 136.17 and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) which gained 5.61% to close at 1,145.45.

The worst performers were Baxter International Inc (NYSE:BAX) which was down 3.96% to 75.47 in late trade, ABIOMED Inc (NASDAQ:ABMD) which lost 3.82% to settle at 325.70 and Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) which was down 3.72% to 88.09 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Gbs (NASDAQ:GBS) which rose 67.95% to 1.31, Aterian Inc (NASDAQ:ATER) which was up 46.78% to settle at 3.42 and IO Biotech Inc (NASDAQ:IOBT) which gained 33.16% to close at 7.55.

The worst performers were Curis Inc (NASDAQ:CRIS) which was down 33.33% to 1.62 in late trade, GWG Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:GWGH) which lost 20.97% to settle at 4.22 and Snow Lake Resources Ltd (NASDAQ:LITM) which was down 19.32% to 8.10 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1748 to 1464 and 115 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2449 rose and 1494 declined, while 158 ended unchanged.

Shares in Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.05% or 0.46 to 43.40. Shares in Curis Inc (NASDAQ:CRIS) fell to 52-week lows; losing 33.33% or 0.81 to 1.62.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 5.40% to 18.57 a new 1-month low.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.47% or 9.00 to $1,932.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 4.51% or 4.48 to hit $103.75 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 3.50% or 3.65 to trade at $108.04 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.74% to 1.10, while USD/JPY rose 0.21% to 122.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 98.96.