On Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 1.3%, or more than 400 points, and the S&P 500 gained 1%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite climbed 0.85%.
Among exchange traded funds, Nasdaq 100 tracker Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) moved up 1.1% and SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) rose 0.9%.
EV giant Tesla (TSLA) skidded 5% Monday. Among Dow Jones stocks, Apple (AAPL) traded up 0.4% and Microsoft (MSFT) jumped 2.9% in today's stock market.
Among the top stocks to buy and watch, Albemarle (ALB), IBD Leaderboard watchlist stock Arista Networks (ANET), CF Industries (CF) and New Fortress Energy (NFE) — as well as Dow Jones names Merck (MRK) and UnitedHealth Group (UNH) — are among the top stocks to buy and watch.
Arista Networks is an IBD Leaderboard watchlist stock. Albemarle was featured in this week's Stocks Near A Buy Zone column, along with three other top stock ideas.
