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 0.16%, while the index gained 0.73%, and the index added 0.95%.
The best performers of the session on the were NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:), which rose 3.66% or 4.93 points to trade at 139.63 at the close. Meanwhile, Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:) added 1.35% or 1.32 points to end at 99.37 and Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:) was up 1.24% or 6.21 points to 506.34 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Walmart Inc (NYSE:), which fell 2.04% or 1.88 points to trade at 90.36 at the close. International Business Machines (NYSE:) declined 0.64% or 1.43 points to end at 221.93 and Walt Disney Company (NYSE:) was down 0.56% or 0.63 points to 111.40.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 5.52% to 232.35, Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 4.55% to settle at 124.63 and Microchip Technology Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 4.28% to close at 57.89.
The worst performers were Carnival Corporation (NYSE:) which was down 3.99% to 25.73 in late trade, Paramount Global Class B (NASDAQ:) which lost 2.91% to settle at 10.35 and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd (NYSE:) which was down 2.90% to 26.13 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were iCoreConnect Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 2,252.10% to 2.80, Direct Digital Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 900.00% to settle at 5.50 and Sol Gel Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ:) which gained 284.62% to close at 1.65.
The worst performers were iLearningEngines Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 78.53% to 0.19 in late trade, MGO Global Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 50.53% to settle at 0.47 and LQR House Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 36.57% to 1.11 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1408 to 1393 and 76 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1826 fell and 1476 advanced, while 122 ended unchanged.
Shares in iLearningEngines Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 78.53% or 0.69 to 0.19. Shares in MGO Global Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 50.53% or 0.48 to 0.47. Shares in Sol Gel Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 284.62% or 1.22 to 1.65.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 8.61% to 16.78.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.61% or 16.16 to $2,628.94 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.19% or 0.13 to hit $69.59 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.18% or 0.13 to trade at $72.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.20% to 1.04, while USD/JPY rose 0.46% to 157.13.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 107.82.
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