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

The index increased 1.20% and the index gained 0.64% at the closing of NYSE.

These were the best performers of the session Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:) traded at 395.33 after the close, up 3.34%. That’s 12.78 point. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:), which gained 3.32% or 1.71 point to close at 53.21, also added 3.32%. Boeing Co (NYSE:) In late trading, it was up by 3.25% (6.54 points), to 207.86

These were the worst performers of the session. Home Depot Inc (NYSE:), fell 1.53%, or 6.37 points, to trade at 408.64 at the closing. Nike Inc (NYSE.) dropped 1.20% (or 2.00 points) to finish at 164.67. Honeywell International Inc(NASDAQ:) ended down 0.82%, or 1.71 point to 206.80.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 13.53% to 1199.78, Discovery Inc Class A (NASDAQ:) which was up 7.60% to settle at 25.33 and Discovery Communications C Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 7.38% to close at 24.59.

These were the worst performers Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:), which fell 7.45% to 235.05 in late trading, Fortinet Inc (NASDAQ) lost 7.31% to settle at 333.12, and Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ) fell 5.71% at 487.79 by the end.

These were the top performers in the NASDAQ Composite Genprex Inc (NASDAQ) grew 167.18% to reach 3.500 Immix Biopharma Inc (NASDAQ 🙂 rose 62.36% to settle in at 5.78. Creative Medical Technology Holdings Inc was at 4.40.

These were the worst performers Jowell Global Ltd. (NASDAQ) was trading at a lower level of 59.21%, or 8.790, in late trade. Ucloudlink Group Inc (NASDAQ): The stock lost 42.34% and settled at 3.80 Applied Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) The close was 30.50% lower at 6.22

The New York Stock Exchange saw rising stocks surpass declining ones by 1966, 1332, and 108 were unchanged. On the Nasdaq Stock Exchange however, there was a 2812 rise and 1087 decline, and the 151 ending unchanged.

Immix Biopharma Inc. shares (NASDAQ:) reached all-time highs. They rose 62.36%, or 2.22 to 6.78. Applied Therapeutics Inc shares (NASDAQ:), fell 30.50% to 2.73 to 6.22.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 3.60% to 16.60 a new 1-month low.

For February delivery, Gold Futures fell 1.49% (or 27.30) to $1801.30 an ounce. In commodities trading, crude oil rose by 1.09%, or 0.82, to $76.03 per barrel. The March Brent oil contract was unchanged at 0.00% to trade at $78.94 per barrel.

EUR/USD went up 0.1% to 1.1295 and USD/JPY went up 0.01%, to 115.33

At 96.222, the US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.66%.