Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Healthcare, Basic Materials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.05%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.17%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which rose 2.51% or 4.07 points to trade at 166.03 at the close. Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT) added 1.48% or 1.48 points to end at 101.61 and Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) was up 1.04% or 0.41 points to 39.94 in late trade.
Biggest losers included UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH), which lost 1.74% or 3.97 points to trade at 224.76 in late trade. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) declined 1.45% or 3.71 points to end at 251.81 and Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) shed 1.43% or 1.60 points to 110.02.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Seagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ:STX) which rose 7.13% to 46.00, Kohl’s Corporation (NYSE:KSS) which was up 4.67% to settle at 56.90 and Albemarle Corporation (NYSE:ALB) which gained 4.35% to close at 137.45.
The worst performers were Biogen Inc (NASDAQ:BIIB) which was down 3.75% to 329.65 in late trade, L Brands Inc (NYSE:LB) which lost 3.42% to settle at 48.64 and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:REGN) which was down 3.27% to 372.52 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were My Size Inc (NASDAQ:MYSZ) which rose 72.29% to 2.86, Ablynx NV ADR (NASDAQ:ABLX) which was up 49.05% to settle at 38.62 and NII Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:NIHD) which gained 43.21% to close at 0.580.
The worst performers were Axovant Sciences Ltd (NASDAQ:AXON) which was down 56.98% to 2.31 in late trade, Cytori Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:CYTX) which lost 27.19% to settle at 0.3422 and Alliqua BioMedical Inc (NASDAQ:ALQA) which was down 23.41% to 1.930 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1777 to 1320 and 110 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1287 fell and 1235 advanced, while 119 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 3.25% to 9.52.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.08% or 1.10 to $1321.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.73% or 0.45 to hit $61.89 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.38% or 0.26 to trade at $67.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.52% to 1.1966, while USD/JPY rose 0.02% to 113.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 92.09.