U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.10%

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 rose 0.10% to hit a new 1-month high, while the index climbed 0.18%, and the index added 0.30%.

The best performers of the session on the were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:), which rose 1.46% or 2.58 points to trade at 179.23 at the close. Meanwhile, Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:) added 1.10% or 2.97 points to end at 272.83 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:) was up 1.06% or 3.73 points to 356.53 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:), which fell 1.54% or 0.34 points to trade at 21.77 at the close. Walt Disney Company (NYSE:) declined 1.23% or 1.05 points to end at 84.02 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:) was down 1.13% or 3.71 points to 323.91.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Constellation Energy Corp (NASDAQ:) which rose 6.54% to 124.73, Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:) which was up 4.82% to settle at 595.19 and Dominion Energy Inc (NYSE:) which gained 4.54% to close at 45.59.

The worst performers were Paramount Global Class B (NASDAQ:) which was down 7.78% to 12.69 in late trade, Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 7.04% to settle at 72.07 and Albemarle Corp (NYSE:) which was down 6.66% to 119.46 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were MSP Recovery Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 252.19% to 9.65, Cardio Diagnostics Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 81.62% to settle at 0.68 and Tenon Medical Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 57.48% to close at 2.00.

The worst performers were Novo Integrated Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 59.50% to 0.12 in late trade, Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 43.02% to settle at 0.29 and DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ:) which was down 37.43% to 3.43 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2052 to 842 and 82 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2194 fell and 1265 advanced, while 129 ended unchanged.

Shares in Constellation Energy Corp (NASDAQ:) rose to all time highs; up 6.54% or 7.66 to 124.73. Shares in Albemarle Corp (NYSE:) fell to 52-week lows; losing 6.66% or 8.52 to 119.46. Shares in Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 43.02% or 0.22 to 0.29. Shares in DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ:) fell to 5-year lows; losing 37.43% or 2.06 to 3.43.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.13% to 14.89 a new 1-month low.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.74% or 14.75 to $1,984.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.41% or 0.33 to hit $80.84 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.29 to trade at $85.18 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.10% to 1.07, while USD/JPY rose 0.46% to 150.06.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 105.11.