Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Basic Materials, Financials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.18%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.10%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH), which rose 2.42% or 5.36 points to trade at 227.11 at the close. Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM) added 2.18% or 1.77 points to end at 82.90 and Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) was up 1.70% or 2.04 points to 121.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE), which lost 2.06% or 1.84 points to trade at 87.36 in late trade. The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV) declined 1.67% or 2.32 points to end at 136.61 and Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) shed 1.29% or 4.90 points to 375.17.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) which rose 6.58% to 18.78, Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) which was up 6.53% to settle at 3.100 and Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE:KMB) which gained 5.42% to close at 130.25.
The worst performers were Intuitive Surgical Inc (NASDAQ:ISRG) which was down 7.01% to 491.06 in late trade, Mattel Inc (NASDAQ:MAT) which lost 5.76% to settle at 11.77 and Tapestry Inc (NYSE:TPR) which was down 5.68% to 30.70 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Moleculin Biotech Inc (NASDAQ:MBRX) which rose 168.47% to 2.98, The KEYW Holding Corporation (NASDAQ:KEYW) which was up 42.11% to settle at 11.17 and Appliance Recycling Centers of America Inc (NASDAQ:ARCI) which gained 30.97% to close at 4.2500.
The worst performers were Novus Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:NVUS) which was down 28.09% to 2.9700 in late trade, Fusion Telecommunications International Inc (NASDAQ:FSNN) which lost 17.83% to settle at 0.200 and Ideal Power Inc (NASDAQ:IPWR) which was down 15.08% to 0.535 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1762 to 1237 and 96 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1510 fell and 1143 advanced, while 73 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 2.73% to 12.42.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.07% or 0.85 to $1276.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.51% or 1.61 to hit $65.68 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $74.11 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.1258, while USD/JPY fell 0.00% to 111.92.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 96.963.