U.S. stocks traded mostly higher this morning, with the Dow Jones index gaining more than 200 points on Monday.

Following the market opening Monday, the Dow traded up 0.41% to 51,775.92 while the NASDAQ fell 0.14% to 26,481.57.

The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.21% to 7,516.48.

Leading and Lagging Sectors Financial shares jumped by 0.9% on Monday.

In trading on Monday, communication services stocks fell by 2.3%.