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 added 0.01%, while the index gained 0.70%, and the index climbed 1.10%.
The best performers of the session on the were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:), which rose 2.13% or 0.64 points to trade at 30.72 at the close. Meanwhile, JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:) added 1.92% or 3.79 points to end at 200.71 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:) was up 1.66% or 3.10 points to 189.98 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Salesforce Inc (NYSE:), which fell 2.25% or 6.28 points to trade at 272.29 at the close. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:) declined 1.82% or 2.73 points to end at 146.97 and Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:) was down 1.68% or 8.66 points to 508.17.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Deckers Outdoor Corporation (NYSE:) which rose 14.18% to 1,032.90, First Solar Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 10.78% to settle at 276.74 and Ross Stores Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 7.79% to close at 142.13.
The worst performers were Intuit Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 8.35% to 606.99 in late trade, Dayforce Inc (NYSE:) which lost 7.60% to settle at 56.18 and Elevance Health Inc (NYSE:) which was down 4.18% to 521.22 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Innovative Eyewear Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 428.49% to 0.98, Akanda Corp (NASDAQ:) which was up 71.97% to settle at 4.11 and Onemednet Corp (NASDAQ:) which gained 56.46% to close at 2.30.
The worst performers were Verastem Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 66.17% to 4.12 in late trade, Sensei Biotherapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 45.89% to settle at 0.79 and Genelux Corp (NASDAQ:) which was down 43.04% to 2.62 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 0 to 0; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 0 fell and 0 advanced.
Shares in Deckers Outdoor Corporation (NYSE:) rose to all time highs; rising 14.18% or 128.25 to 1,032.90. Shares in First Solar Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to 5-year highs; rising 10.78% or 26.93 to 276.74. Shares in Dayforce Inc (NYSE:) fell to 52-week lows; down 7.60% or 4.62 to 56.18. Shares in Verastem Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to 52-week lows; falling 66.17% or 8.06 to 4.12. Shares in Genelux Corp (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 43.04% or 1.98 to 2.62.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 3.60% to 12.36.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.77% or 18.00 to $2,352.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.07% or 0.83 to hit $78.55 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.20% or 0.98 to trade at $82.82 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.13% to 1.09, while USD/JPY fell 0.07% to 156.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 104.51.
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