Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.17%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.10%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), which rose 3.58% or 1.00 points to trade at 28.94 at the close. Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) added 1.54% or 1.64 points to end at 108.04 and Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) was up 1.34% or 1.42 points to 107.04 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which lost 2.46% or 3.66 points to trade at 145.32 in late trade. McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) declined 1.99% or 3.01 points to end at 148.47 and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) shed 1.22% or 2.21 points to 179.25.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Under Armour Inc A (NYSE:UAA) which rose 5.76% to 23.14, Under Armour Inc C (NYSE:UA) which was up 4.90% to settle at 21.200 and Kimco Realty Corporation (NYSE:KIM) which gained 3.99% to close at 19.29.
The worst performers were Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) which was down 4.17% to 151.44 in late trade, IDEXX Laboratories Inc (NASDAQ:IDXX) which lost 3.85% to settle at 158.22 and Albemarle Corporation (NYSE:ALB) which was down 3.65% to 111.19 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were GTX Inc (NASDAQ:GTXI) which rose 99.03% to 6.1500, Pyxis Tankers Inc (NASDAQ:PXS) which was up 56.35% to settle at 1.9700 and XBiotech Inc (NASDAQ:XBIT) which gained 31.25% to close at 4.20.
The worst performers were Coherus BioSciences Inc (NASDAQ:CHRS) which was down 23.73% to 15.75 in late trade, MagneGas Corp (NASDAQ:MNGA) which lost 22.35% to settle at 1.390 and Barington Hilco Acquisition (NASDAQ:BHAC) which was down 16.92% to 10.26 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1648 to 1596 and 16 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1443 fell and 1095 advanced, while 94 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 6.73% to 11.42.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.28% or 3.58 to $1267.82 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.48% or 0.22 to hit $46.05 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.23% or 0.11 to trade at $48.26 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.1205, while USD/JPY fell 0.38% to 109.92.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 97.15.