Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Technology and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.78%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.22%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which rose 3.39% or 4.23 points to trade at 129.04 at the close. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) added 1.03% or 0.52 points to end at 50.95 and The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV) was up 0.13% or 0.15 points to 116.04 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), which lost 2.71% or 3.67 points to trade at 131.87 in late trade. JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) declined 2.51% or 2.58 points to end at 100.19 and Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) shed 2.26% or 3.98 points to 171.82.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ALXN) which rose 6.76% to 114.22, Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) which was up 6.16% to settle at 90.82 and Juniper Networks Inc (NYSE:JNPR) which gained 4.78% to close at 25.00.
The worst performers were HollyFrontier Corporation (NYSE:HFC) which was down 7.52% to 23.87 in late trade, Capri Holdings Ltd (NYSE:CPRI) which lost 6.49% to settle at 15.84 and MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM) which was down 5.70% to 22.50 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Aimmune Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:AIMT) which rose 171.59% to 34.22, Akcea Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:AKCA) which was up 60.63% to settle at 18.28 and I Mab (NASDAQ:IMAB) which gained 27.23% to close at 39.44.
The worst performers were Acasti Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:ACST) which was down 65.49% to 0.2447 in late trade, Shiloh Industries Inc (NASDAQ:SHLO) which lost 64.21% to settle at 0.39 and Aditx Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ADTX) which was down 17.27% to 3.21 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2138 to 927 and 80 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1797 fell and 1027 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 15.03% to 26.41 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.05% or 0.90 to $1974.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.40% or 0.17 to hit $42.80 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.04 to trade at $45.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.00% to 1.1937, while USD/JPY rose 0.01% to 105.91.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 92.180.