U.S. stocks traded higher this morning, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining over 200 points on Monday.

Following the market opening Monday, the Dow traded up 0.33% to 51,035.65 while the NASDAQ rose 0.84% to 25,924.27.

The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.59% to 7,427.45.

Leading and Lagging Sectors Energy shares jumped by 2.2% on Monday.

In trading on Monday, communication services stocks fell by 1.2%.