Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 2.90% to hit a new 1-month low, while the S&P 500 index lost 2.98%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 3.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ), which fell 0.67% or 0.37 points to trade at 55.22 at the close. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) fell 0.69% or 0.90 points to end at 130.17 and Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) was down 1.35% or 0.70 points to 51.62 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which lost 5.23% or 10.68 points to trade at 193.15 in late trade. Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:V) declined 4.82% or 8.56 points to end at 168.86 and International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) shed 4.43% or 6.53 points to 140.72.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Tyson Foods Inc (NYSE:TSN) which rose 5.12% to 83.84, Linde PLC (DE:LINI) which was up 2.54% to settle at 171.550 and ABIOMED Inc (NASDAQ:ABMD) which gained 1.95% to close at 204.53.
The worst performers were Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NKTR) which was down 7.37% to 28.80 in late trade, Wynn Resorts Limited (NASDAQ:WYNN) which lost 7.18% to settle at 111.10 and Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO) which was down 6.67% to 75.76 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Allakos Inc (NASDAQ:ALLK) which rose 110.52% to 65.26, Blue Hat Interactive Entertainment (NASDAQ:BHAT) which was up 28.38% to settle at 4.75 and KemPharm Inc (NASDAQ:KMPH) which gained 20.95% to close at 1.27.
The worst performers were GlycoMimetics Inc (NASDAQ:GLYC) which was down 69.33% to 2.80 in late trade, iPic Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ:IPIC) which lost 54.49% to settle at 0.7600 and Daseke Inc (NASDAQ:DSKE) which was down 28.33% to 2.53 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2675 to 350 and 11 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2410 fell and 301 advanced, while 42 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 39.64% to 24.59 a new 6-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.25% or 18.15 to $1475.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.15% or 0.64 to hit $55.02 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $60.10 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1202, while USD/JPY rose 0.01% to 105.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 97.300.