Moderna And Xilinx Lead The S&P 500 Higher Monday - State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (ARCA:SPY)

U.S. indices were trading higher Monday as investors await the Fed's Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium this week. FDA approval of Pfizer's (NYSE:PFE) COVID-19 vaccine has also possibly lifted sentiment amid growing COVID-19 concerns.

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NASDAQ:SPY) gained 0.88% to $447.25
The SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (NASDAQ:DIA) gained 0.65% to $353.45
The Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 (NASDAQ:QQQ) finished higher by 1.5% to $373.23

Here are the day's winners and losers from the SPY, according to data from Benzinga Pro.

Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA), Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) and Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) were among the top gainers for the S&P 500.

Pool Corporation (NASDAQ:POOL), Xcel Energy Inc (NASDAQ:XEL) and Ameren Corp (NYSE:AEE) were among the top losers for the SPY.

Elsewhere On The Street

Payments behemoth Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) acquired a blockchain collectible non-fungible token (NFT) for $150,000 as it makes its first moves in this nascent space… Read More

A recovery for airline companies is in the works. The industry accrued a total of $4.1 billion in July ticket sales — a 947% increase compared with the prior year’s numbers… Read More
Tesla Inc.'s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Model Y vehicle, an all-electric crossover utility vehicle, was announced in March 2019, with first deliveries from the Fremont, California, factory beginning a year later… Read More