Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Technology sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.41%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.21%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX), which rose 1.56% or 1.93 points to trade at 125.97 at the close. Visa Inc (NYSE:V) added 0.81% or 1.10 points to end at 136.20 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was up 0.73% or 0.73 points to 100.86 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which lost 3.43% or 1.89 points to trade at 53.22 in late trade. Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) declined 1.99% or 1.54 points to end at 75.84 and Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) shed 1.68% or 1.04 points to 60.99.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Cimarex Energy Co (NYSE:XEC) which rose 5.71% to 89.92, Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) which was up 4.71% to settle at 17.110 and Noble Energy Inc (NYSE:NBL) which gained 3.37% to close at 34.98.
The worst performers were Biogen Inc (NASDAQ:BIIB) which was down 5.22% to 289.12 in late trade, Comcast Corp (NASDAQ:CMCSA) which lost 3.84% to settle at 32.58 and AmerisourceBergen (NYSE:ABC) which was down 3.46% to 91.57 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Gevo Inc (NASDAQ:GEVO) which rose 261.82% to 12.7000, Verastem Inc (NASDAQ:VSTM) which was up 31.39% to settle at 8.580 and PTC Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:PTCT) which gained 27.51% to close at 47.88.
The worst performers were Catalyst Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:CBIO) which was down 63.92% to 9.110 in late trade, NF Energy Saving Corporation (NASDAQ:NFEC) which lost 24.47% to settle at 2.8400 and Apollo Medical Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:AMEH) which was down 22.16% to 20.13 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1693 to 1360 and 128 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1363 rose and 1196 declined, while 116 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 2.67% to 12.30.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.20% or 2.50 to $1281.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.22% or 0.79 to hit $65.64 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.46% or 1.81 to trade at $75.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.1618, while USD/JPY fell 0.09% to 110.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 94.44.