The US markets ended in green on Monday with Nasdaq settling higher by around one percent, as traders picked up stocks at somewhat reduced levels following the sharp pullback seen last Friday. While Friday's slump partly reflected new tariff threats from President Donald Trump, traders largely shrugged off his latest threat to impose a 25 percent tariff on all steel and aluminum imports into the U.S. The latest tariff threat comes after Trump said last Friday he plans to announce reciprocal tariffs on many countries this week, with the U.S. imposing tariffs on imports equal to the rates imposed on American exports. On the sectoral front, computer hardware stocks moved sharply higher over the course of the session, driving the NYSE Arca Computer Hardware Index up by 4.6 percent to its best closing level in almost seven months.
Steel stocks also saw significant strength in reaction to Trump's tariff threat, resulting in a 3.3 percent surge by the NYSE Arca Steel Index. Gold stocks also saw substantial strength amid a sharp increase by the price of the precious metal, with the NYSE Arca Gold Bugs Index surging by 2.8 percent. Oil producer, telecom and natural gas stocks also saw considerable strength on the day, while financial and biotechnology stocks bucked the uptrend. Meanwhile, amid a light day on the U.S. economic front, traders were also looking ahead to the release of several key reports in the coming days.
Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 167.01 points or 0.38 percent to 44,470.41, Nasdaq surged 190.87 points or 0.98 percent to 19,714.27 and S&P 500 was up by 40.45 points or 0.67 percent to 6,066.44.
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