U.S. market indexes were higher on Monday.
For the day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 20,894.83 for a gain of 89.99 points or 0.43%. The Standard & Poor's 500 closed at 2,394.02 for a gain of 12.29 points or 0.52%. The Nasdaq Composite closed at 6,133.62 for a gain of 49.91 points or 0.82%. The VIX Volatility Index was lower for the day at 10.90 with a decrease of -1.14 points or -9.47%.
Monday’s market movers
Stocks continued to regain some of their losses from last week. The Chicago Fed National Activity Index was the leading economic report for the day with an increase to 0.49 from 0.07.
In the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the following stocks led gains:
- Boeing (BA, Financial) 1.58%.
- 3M (MMM, Financial) 1.38%.
- UnitedHealth (UNH, Financial) 1.23%.
- Cisco (CSCO, Financial) 1.22%.
- Microsoft (MSFT, Financial) 1.12%.
In the broad market, utilities and technology stocks led gains. The S&P 500 utilities sector increased 0.86% for the day. The S&P 500 technology sector was 0.81% higher.
Small-cap stocks
In small-caps, the Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,377.14 for a gain of 9.81 points or 0.72%. The S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 834.31 for a gain of 6.19 points or 0.75%. The Dow Jones Small-Cap Growth TSM Index closed at 8,344.38 for a gain of 57.90 points or 0.70%. The Dow Jones Small-Cap Value TSM Index closed at 9,409.22 for a gain of 55.37 points or 0.59%.
Other notable indexes
Other notable index closes included the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index at 1,720.60 for a gain of 8.52 points or 0.50%; the S&P 100 Index at 1,055.52 for a gain of 4.73 points or 0.45%; the Russell 3000 Index at 1,417.54 for a gain of 7.64 points or 0.54%; the Russell 1000 Index at 1,326.99 for a gain of 6.96 points or 0.53%; and the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index at 651.86 for a gain of 3.47 points or 0.54%.
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