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U.S. shares higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.47%

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

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.47% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.77%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.87%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which rose 1.66% or 3.77 points to trade at 231.32 at the close. McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) added 1.57% or 4.80 points to end at 309.84 and Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) was up 1.50% or 3.54 points to 240.12 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which lost 2.01% or 8.07 points to trade at 393.95 in late trade. Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) declined 1.34% or 2.03 points to end at 148.99 and Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) shed 1.14% or 3.73 points to 324.62.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Vistra Energy Corp (NYSE:VST) which rose 5.56% to 132.26, Amentum Holdings LLC (NYSE:AMTM) which was up 5.50% to settle at 28.38 and Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM) which gained 4.74% to close at 178.04.

The worst performers were Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) which was down 3.31% to 79.76 in late trade, Dollar Tree Inc (NASDAQ:DLTR) which lost 3.10% to settle at 66.80 and CrowdStrike Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:CRWD) which was down 3.03% to 310.52 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Tevogen Bio Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:TVGN) which rose 187.14% to 1.09, Bright Minds Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:DRUG) which was up 132.71% to settle at 2.49 and INVO Bioscience Inc (NASDAQ:INVO) which gained 89.31% to close at 1.24.

The worst performers were Molecular Templates Inc (NASDAQ:MTEM) which was down 73.48% to 0.39 in late trade, Zapata Computing Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:ZPTA) which lost 70.50% to settle at 0.08 and Top Wealth Group Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:TWG) which was down 35.57% to 4.60 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1638 to 1158 and 94 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1818 rose and 1477 declined, while 128 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 3.71% to 19.70.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.26% or 7.00 to $2,669.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.05% or 1.55 to hit $74.01 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.81% or 1.43 to trade at $77.61 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.28% to 1.09, while USD/JPY rose 0.41% to 149.74.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 103.00.

Disclaimer: For information purposes only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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