Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after Friday’s close as gains in the , and sectors pushed stocks higher.
At the close of the NYSE, the index rose 1.18%, while the index gained 1.09% and the index rose 1.07%.
The session’s top performers on the stock market were NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:), which rose 3.16% or 4.14 points to trade at 134.82 at the close. Meanwhile, Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:) added 2.29% or 11.22 points to end at 500.47 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:) rose 2.23% or 12.35 points to 566.34 in late trading.
The worst performers of the session were Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:), which fell 1.38% or 1.37 points to close at 98.15. Walmart Inc (NYSE:) fell 1.24% or 1.16 points to end at 92.24 and Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:) fell 0.67% or 1.13 points to 168.06.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:) rose 8.60% to 71.46, Palantir Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:) rose 8.53% to 80.54 and Match Group Inc (NASDAQ:), which gained 6.70% to close at 33.76.
The worst performers were Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:), which fell 3.46% to 421.06 in late trading. Old Dominion Freight Line Inc (NASDAQ:) lost 3.39% to settle at 181.37, and Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:) fell 1.73% to 585.25 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Nvni Group Ltd (NASDAQ:), which rose 221.35% to 8.58, My Size Inc (NASDAQ:) rose 212.50% to close at 4.25, and Intchains Group Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:) rose 106.84% to 8.77.
The worst performers were Cyngn Inc (NASDAQ:) fell 70.88% to 0.47 in late trading, Molecular Templates Inc (NASDAQ:) lost 54.67% to settle at 0.16 and Painreform Ltd (NASDAQ:) fell 52, 51% to 5.30 at the end.
In 2072, rising stocks on the New York Stock Exchange outnumbered declining ones. In 2072, 745 and 68 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2121 rose and 1178 fell, while 128 ended unchanged.
Shares in Palantir Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:) soared to record highs; increase of 8.53% or 6.33 to 80.54. Shares in Nvni Group Ltd (NASDAQ:) rose to a 52-week high; increase by 221.35% or 5.91 to 8.58. Shares in Cyngn Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to a record low; loss from 70.88% or 1.14 to 0.47. Shares of Molecular Templates Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to an all-time low; decreasing by 54.67% or 0.19 to 0.16.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, fell 23.79% to 18.36.
February gold futures rose 1.23%, or 32.01, to $2,640.11 per troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for January delivery fell 1.57% or 1.11 to $69.47 per barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to $72.90 per barrel. barrel.
EUR/USD rose 0.61% to 1.04, while USD/JPY fell 0.64% to 156.41.
US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.53% to 107.58.
