U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.02%

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 added 0.02%, while the index gained 0.07%, and the index added 0.01%.

The best performers of the session on the were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:), which rose 1.69% or 2.96 points to trade at 177.97 at the close. Meanwhile, Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:) added 1.48% or 3.57 points to end at 244.64 and The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:) was up 1.24% or 2.05 points to 166.85 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were American Express Company (NYSE:), which fell 2.52% or 4.13 points to trade at 159.62 at the close. Boeing Co (NYSE:) declined 1.44% or 2.99 points to end at 205.12 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:) was down 1.31% or 4.22 points to 317.18.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Tyler Technologies Inc (NYSE:) which rose 3.99% to 390.36, Rollins Inc (NYSE:) which was up 3.16% to settle at 38.20 and Allstate Corp (NYSE:) which gained 2.10% to close at 111.06.

The worst performers were Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 9.12% to 104.14 in late trade, Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:) which lost 4.86% to settle at 59.51 and VF Corporation (NYSE:) which was down 4.54% to 17.34 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Digital Transformation Opportunities Corp (NASDAQ:) which rose 173.33% to 29.00, T2 Biosystms Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 65.55% to settle at 0.46 and Avinger Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 46.80% to close at 6.07.

The worst performers were Earlyworks Co Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:) which was down 39.39% to 0.80 in late trade, MSP Recovery Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 35.00% to settle at 0.12 and STRATA Skin Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 31.29% to 0.69 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1607 to 1298 and 91 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2266 fell and 1230 advanced, while 123 ended unchanged.

Shares in Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:) fell to 3-years lows; losing 4.86% or 3.04 to 59.51. Shares in Digital Transformation Opportunities Corp (NASDAQ:) rose to all time highs; gaining 173.33% or 18.39 to 29.00. Shares in Earlyworks Co Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 39.39% or 0.52 to 0.80.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 1.52% to 14.00.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.47% or 9.15 to $1,955.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.00% or 0.90 to hit $90.92 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.69% or 0.65 to trade at $94.58 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.34% to 1.07, while USD/JPY fell 0.16% to 147.59.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 104.75.