U.S. shares higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.00% By Investing.com

Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in NYSE, the gained 0.00%, while the index added 0.45%, and the index gained 0.61%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the were Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:), which rose 1.55% or 2.23 points to trade at 146.19 at the close. Walmart Inc (NYSE:) added 1.46% or 2.23 points to end at 154.97 and American Express Company (NYSE:) was up 1.27% or 2.30 points to 182.81 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Boeing Co (NYSE:), which lost 1.46% or 3.86 points to trade at 260.41 in late trade. 3M Company (NYSE:) declined 1.05% or 1.12 points to end at 105.86 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:) shed 1.03% or 3.92 points to 376.59.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Etsy Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 4.69% to 84.46, Costco Wholesale Corp (NASDAQ:) which was up 3.40% to settle at 681.24 and Kroger Company (NYSE:) which gained 3.24% to close at 45.54.

The worst performers were VF Corporation (NYSE:) which was down 7.84% to 18.35 in late trade, Paramount Global Class B (NASDAQ:) which lost 4.67% to settle at 15.51 and Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (NYSE:) which was down 4.53% to 72.32 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Jin Medical International Ltd (NASDAQ:) which rose 263.69% to 101.87, Panbela Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 120.96% to settle at 1.01 and Invivyd Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 120.25% to close at 3.59.

The worst performers were Ebix Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 67.55% to 1.60 in late trade, SHENGFENG DEVELOPMENT Ltd (NASDAQ:) which lost 51.71% to settle at 4.79 and Cara Therapeutic (NASDAQ:) which was down 48.85% to 0.63 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1457 to 1428 and 83 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1923 fell and 1543 advanced, while 109 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 2.28% to 12.56.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.26% or 5.20 to $2,040.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.70% or 1.22 to hit $73.00 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.09% or 1.60 to trade at $78.15 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.27% to 1.09, while USD/JPY rose 0.53% to 142.90.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 102.14.