Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Utilities and Financials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.12%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.06%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Visa Inc (NYSE:V), which rose 0.68% or 0.55 points to trade at 81.02 at the close. Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) added 0.42% or 0.56 points to end at 135.00 and Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) was up 0.36% or 0.11 points to 30.63 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which lost 0.78% or 0.85 points to trade at 108.51 in late trade. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) declined 0.66% or 0.79 points to end at 119.13 and United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX) shed 0.58% or 0.63 points to 108.51.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:REGN) which rose 3.55% to 418.65, Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ALXN) which was up 3.33% to settle at 136.53 and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:VRTX) which gained 3.01% to close at 100.96.
The worst performers were Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) which was down 6.85% to 15.65 in late trade, Viacom B Inc (NASDAQ:VIAB) which lost 4.02% to settle at 41.74 and Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) which was down 3.78% to 45.08 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Amedica Corp (NASDAQ:AMDA) which rose 68.75% to 1.080, CIFC Corp (NASDAQ:CIFC) which was up 59.91% to settle at 11.05 and RLJ Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ:RLJE) which gained 54.26% to close at 2.9000.
The worst performers were US Auto Parts Network Inc (NASDAQ:PRTS) which was down 13.99% to 3.690 in late trade, EnteroMedics Inc (NASDAQ:ETRM) which lost 13.62% to settle at 0.1801 and DarioHealth Corp (NASDAQ:DRIO) which was down 12.46% to 3.020 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1616 to 1535 and 97 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1374 rose and 1118 declined, while 118 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 8.64% to 12.32.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.28% or 3.75 to $1342.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 3.44% or 1.69 to hit $47.42 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 3.38% or 1.72 to trade at $49.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1322, while USD/JPY rose 0.07% to 100.28.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 94.51.