Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Services and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Basic Materials, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.25%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.18%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.74%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM), which rose 2.50% or 6.01 points to trade at 246.32 at the close. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) added 2.47% or 3.14 points to end at 130.49 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was up 0.77% or 1.99 points to 259.88 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), which lost 1.70% or 2.73 points to trade at 157.56 in late trade. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) declined 1.59% or 0.88 points to end at 54.43 and Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) shed 1.50% or 1.02 points to 66.98.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were ResMed Inc (NYSE:RMD) which rose 6.01% to 231.72, MarketAxess Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:MKTX) which was up 3.22% to settle at 455.06 and Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:ADBE) which gained 2.89% to close at 556.90.
The worst performers were TripAdvisor Inc (NASDAQ:TRIP) which was down 5.51% to 40.65 in late trade, Baker Hughes Co (NYSE:BKR) which lost 4.52% to settle at 24.74 and Mosaic Co (NYSE:MOS) which was down 4.25% to 33.12 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were RAPT Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:RAPT) which rose 115.24% to 39.97, Enochian Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:ENOB) which was up 54.20% to settle at 6.80 and Mediaco Holding Inc (NASDAQ:MDIA) which gained 45.31% to close at 5.58.
The worst performers were Avenue Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ATXI) which was down 28.50% to 3.01 in late trade, Recon Technology Ltd (NASDAQ:RCON) which lost 19.87% to settle at 5.000 and Bioatla Inc (NASDAQ:BCAB) which was down 19.64% to 39.98 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1903 to 1313 and 98 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1850 fell and 1638 advanced, while 137 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 4.73% to 16.39.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.65% or 12.20 to $1867.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.30% or 0.21 to hit $71.12 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.52% or 0.38 to trade at $73.07 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.2119, while USD/JPY rose 0.41% to 110.09.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 90.477.