Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.10%, while the S&P 500 index lost 1.04%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 2.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were 3M Company (NYSE:MMM), which rose 2.14% or 4.35 points to trade at 207.42 at the close. Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) added 1.87% or 2.53 points to end at 137.68 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) was up 1.36% or 0.80 points to 59.52 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which lost 2.90% or 1.67 points to trade at 56.00 in late trade. Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:V) declined 2.65% or 6.15 points to end at 225.97 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) shed 2.57% or 3.35 points to 126.86.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Viatris Inc (NASDAQ:VTRS) which rose 6.82% to 15.04, Macerich Company (NYSE:MAC) which was up 3.20% to settle at 14.18 and Becton Dickinson and Company (NYSE:BDX) which gained 3.05% to close at 246.69.
The worst performers were Coty Inc (NYSE:COTY) which was down 13.01% to 8.99 in late trade, Align Technology Inc (NASDAQ:ALGN) which lost 7.25% to settle at 554.97 and Lam Research Corp (NASDAQ:LRCX) which was down 6.99% to 586.44 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Tecnoglass Inc (NASDAQ:TGLS) which rose 30.72% to 16.00, Obalon Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:OBLN) which was up 30.00% to settle at 2.860 and Cue Biopharma (NASDAQ:CUE) which gained 27.80% to close at 14.39.
The worst performers were Rekor Systems Inc (NASDAQ:REKR) which was down 27.39% to 13.73 in late trade, Trade Desk Inc (NASDAQ:TTD) which lost 26.21% to settle at 488.05 and Village Farms International Inc (NASDAQ:VFF) which was down 24.93% to 8.34 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2112 to 1065 and 115 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2618 fell and 767 advanced, while 96 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 17.80% to 19.66 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.31% or 5.60 to $1836.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.08% or 0.05 to hit $64.85 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $68.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.19% to 1.2140, while USD/JPY rose 0.16% to 108.78.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.00% at 90.220.