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

The index gained 1.98% at the close of NYSE. It added 1.86% to the index, and the index climbed 1.59%.

The best performers of the session on the were JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:), which rose 6.19% or 7.26 points to trade at 124.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Visa Inc Late trade saw Class A (NYSE 🙂 gain 4.29%, or 8.53 points, to close at 207.56. Apple Inc (NASDAQ 🙂 gained 4.01% or 5.52 to 143.11.

Dow Inc (NYSE) fell 0.62 points or 0.91% to trade at 67.49 by the end of the session. Home Depot Inc (NYSE 🙂 fell 0.4% or 1.16 point to close at 286.03 while Honeywell International Inc (NASDAQ 🙂 dropped 0.09% (0.17 points) to 189.58.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Ross Stores Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 9.57% to 78.75, Deere & Company (NYSE:) which was up 7.04% to settle at 335.36 and Schlumberger NV (NYSE:) which gained 6.54% to close at 43.81.

Gap Inc (NYSE) was the worst performer, falling 5.49% and 10.33 in late trading. Autodesk Inc (NASDAQ:), which fell 4.13% to settle in 183.51; Caesars Entertainment Corporation, (NASDAQ:), which dropped 3.71% to 48.25 by the end.

Catalyst Biosciences Inc, which increased 234.21% at 1.27 and GeoVax Labs Inc, which rose 66.91% at 2.32 were the top performers on the NASDAQ Composite. Lixiang Education Holding Co Ltd (NASDAQ 🙂 saw 58.00% increase to reach 3.16

Nymox Pharmaceutical Corp. (NASDAQ) was the worst performer, falling 63.85% – 0.46 in late trading. Inotiv Inc. (NASDAQ) lost 28.31% to settle for 13.14 Molecular Data Inc (NASDAQ:) The close was 22.40% lower at 0.88

On the New York Stock Exchange, rising stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2237, 896, and 133. 133 was unchanged.

Gap Inc (NYSE 🙂 shares plunged to 52 week lows. The stock fell 5.49% (0.60 to 10.33). Nymox Pharmaceutical Corp’s (NASDAQ:), shares fell to their 5-year lowest point, falling 63.85% (0.80 to 0.46). Molecular Data Inc (NASDAQ) shares fell by 22.40% (0.25 to 0.88), to new all-time lows.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 3.23% to 28.48.

For June delivery, Gold Futures rose 0.53% to $1.851.79 an ounce. Other commodities traded included Crude oil, which rose 0.45 or 0.45 to reach $110.73/barrel, and August Brent oil, which rose 0.95% or 1.05, to trade at $111.04.

The EUR/USD rose by 1.20% to 1.07 while the USD/JPY was up by 0.06% at 127.93.

At 102.11, the US Dollar Index Futures declined 1.03%.