Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.67%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.67%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS), which rose 1.62% or 4.34 points to trade at 272.48 at the close. Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT) added 1.07% or 1.16 points to end at 109.55 and General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) was up 0.93% or 0.15 points to 16.28 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which lost 2.68% or 4.48 points to trade at 162.58 in late trade. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) declined 2.07% or 3.55 points to end at 167.96 and Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) shed 2.07% or 2.71 points to 128.48.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc (NYSE:DPS) which rose 22.39% to 117.07, Gilead Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:GILD) which was up 3.91% to settle at 88.80 and Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) which gained 3.64% to close at 284.59.
The worst performers were Wynn Resorts Limited (NASDAQ:WYNN) which was down 9.32% to 163.48 in late trade, Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM) which lost 4.70% to settle at 34.08 and Lennar Corp B (NYSE:LENb) which was down 4.26% to 52.58 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Atossa Genetics Inc (NASDAQ:ATOS) which rose 40.48% to 0.5900, Immersion Corporation (NASDAQ:IMMR) which was up 36.24% to settle at 10.00 and Ballard Power Systems Inc (NASDAQ:BLDP) which gained 33.55% to close at 4.020.
The worst performers were Stein Mart Inc (NASDAQ:SMRT) which was down 36.27% to 0.72 in late trade, ITUS Corp (NASDAQ:ITUS) which lost 31.57% to settle at 4.140 and Aradigm Cor (NASDAQ:ARDM) which was down 29.02% to 1.590 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2577 to 575 and 66 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1679 fell and 850 advanced, while 126 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 23.56% to 13.69 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.95% or 12.90 to $1339.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.04% or 0.69 to hit $65.45 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.47% or 1.03 to trade at $69.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.39% to 1.2379, while USD/JPY rose 0.38% to 109.00.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 89.20.