Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.10%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.12%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT), which rose 0.80% or 0.64 points to trade at 80.26 at the close. Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) added 0.78% or 0.62 points to end at 80.12 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was up 0.72% or 0.52 points to 72.28 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which lost 0.98% or 1.52 points to trade at 153.93 in late trade. United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX) declined 0.93% or 1.14 points to end at 120.98 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) shed 0.71% or 0.75 points to 105.20.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Michael Kors Holdings Limited (NYSE:KORS) which rose 4.36% to 34.49, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) which was up 3.04% to settle at 148.01 and Tesoro Corporation (NYSE:TSO) which gained 2.76% to close at 86.84.
The worst performers were Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:INCY) which was down 5.68% to 124.03 in late trade, Mallinckrodt (NYSE:MNK) which lost 5.06% to settle at 40.49 and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) which was down 4.75% to 52.36 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Wins Finance Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:WINS) which rose 46.33% to 39.10, Loxo Ongy Inc (NASDAQ:LOXO) which was up 43.16% to settle at 70.12 and ITUS Corp (NASDAQ:ITUS) which gained 37.35% to close at 1.140.
The worst performers were Microbot Medical Inc (NASDAQ:MBOT) which was down 33.07% to 2.5500 in late trade, CytRx Corporation (NASDAQ:CYTR) which lost 33.02% to settle at 0.549 and ESSA Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:EPIX) which was down 25.24% to 1.570 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2012 to 1207 and 47 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1645 fell and 886 advanced, while 99 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 2.77% to 10.02 a new all time low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.15% or 1.88 to $1282.08 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.67% or 0.32 to hit $47.34 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.00% or 0.50 to trade at $49.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.21% to 1.1256, while USD/JPY rose 0.08% to 110.48.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 96.76.