Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Financials, Utilities and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.04%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.20%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which rose 2.68% or 2.49 points to trade at 95.40 at the close. Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) added 1.52% or 0.88 points to end at 58.68 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) was up 1.03% or 1.44 points to 141.43 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD), which lost 1.20% or 1.80 points to trade at 147.80 in late trade. Visa Inc (NYSE:V) declined 1.17% or 1.06 points to end at 89.18 and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) shed 1.00% or 1.70 points to 168.00.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE:CF) which rose 3.76% to 30.39, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) which was up 3.27% to settle at 109.54 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) which gained 2.68% to close at 95.40.
The worst performers were Kohl’s Corporation (NYSE:KSS) which was down 4.77% to 38.56 in late trade, First Solar Inc (NASDAQ:FSLR) which lost 4.68% to settle at 30.34 and Macy’s Inc (NYSE:M) which was down 3.83% to 29.37 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Esperion Th (NASDAQ:ESPR) which rose 73.51% to 41.07, Memorial Production Partners LP (NASDAQ:MEMP) which was up 47.78% to settle at 0.163 and Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NKTR) which gained 43.74% to close at 22.28.
The worst performers were Cerulean Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:CERU) which was down 62.80% to 1.235 in late trade, Aevi Genomic Medicine Inc (NASDAQ:GNMX) which lost 59.38% to settle at 2.210 and TOP SHIPS Inc (NASDAQ:TOPS) which was down 30.46% to 1.3700 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1853 to 1345 and 53 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1559 fell and 959 advanced, while 104 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.53% to 11.34.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.29% or 3.55 to $1233.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.83% or 0.41 to hit $48.90 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.25% or 0.13 to trade at $51.63 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.0742, while USD/JPY fell 0.15% to 112.52.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 100.15.