U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.34%

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 gained 0.34% to hit a new all time high, while the index climbed 0.09%, and the index gained 0.23%.

The best performers of the session on the were Boeing Co (NYSE:), which rose 2.91% or 9.55 points to trade at 337.55 at the close. Meanwhile, 3M Company (NYSE:) added 1.77% or 3.10 points to end at 178.47 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:) was up 1.63% or 4.56 points to 284.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Walt Disney Company (NYSE:), which fell 1.50% or 2.20 points to trade at 144.68 at the close. Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:) declined 1.08% or 0.67 points to end at 61.40 and Walmart Inc (NYSE:) was down 1.05% or 1.26 points to 119.03.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Apache Corporation (NYSE:) which rose 17.29% to 26.53, ABIOMED Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 4.63% to settle at 170.44 and TechnipFMC PLC (NYSE:) which gained 3.46% to close at 21.22.

The worst performers were Coty Inc (NYSE:) which was down 4.09% to 11.01 in late trade, CarMax Inc (NYSE:) which lost 3.81% to settle at 89.18 and ConAgra Foods Inc (NYSE:) which was down 2.99% to 34.02 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Intracellular Th (NASDAQ:) which rose 193.49% to 36.51, Liminal BioSciences Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 84.46% to settle at 11.5100 and China Finance Online Co Limited (NASDAQ:) which gained 78.35% to close at 1.000.

The worst performers were OUTLOOK THERAPEUTICS INC (NASDAQ:) which was down 49.57% to 0.58 in late trade, Acasti Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 24.04% to settle at 2.180 and Safe-T Group Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:) which was down 22.68% to 3.1700 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1490 to 1322 and 98 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1359 rose and 1296 declined, while 68 ended unchanged.

Shares in Apple Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to all time highs; up 1.63% or 4.56 to 284.00. Shares in Intracellular Th (NASDAQ:) rose to 3-years highs; rising 193.49% or 24.07 to 36.51. Shares in OUTLOOK THERAPEUTICS INC (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 49.57% or 0.57 to 0.58. Shares in Safe-T Group Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 22.68% or 0.9300 to 3.1700.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.80% to 12.61.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.59% or 8.70 to $1489.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.31% or 0.19 to hit $60.63 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.59% or 0.39 to trade at $66.53 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1089, while USD/JPY fell 0.01% to 109.38.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 97.260.

Disclaimer: Fusion Media would like to remind you that the data contained in this website is not necessarily real-time nor accurate. All CFDs (stocks, indexes, futures) and Forex prices are not provided by exchanges but rather by market makers, and so prices may not be accurate and may differ from the actual market price, meaning prices are indicative and not appropriate for trading purposes. Therefore Fusion Media doesn`t bear any responsibility for any trading losses you might incur as a result of using this data.

Fusion Media or anyone involved with Fusion Media will not accept any liability for loss or damage as a result of reliance on the information including data, quotes, charts and buy/sell signals contained within this website. Please be fully informed regarding the risks and costs associated with trading the financial markets, it is one of the riskiest investment forms possible.