Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Technology, Telecoms and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.11% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.01%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH), which rose 4.01% or 5.87 points to trade at 152.29 at the close. JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) added 3.73% or 2.86 points to end at 79.55 and McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) was up 3.22% or 3.68 points to 117.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Visa Inc (NYSE:V), which lost 4.29% or 3.51 points to trade at 78.37 in late trade. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) declined 2.51% or 2.72 points to end at 105.71 and International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) shed 1.89% or 3.05 points to 158.22.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Harman International Industries (NYSE:HAR) which rose 25.23% to 109.76, Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE:SWN) which was up 9.25% to settle at 10.75 and Scripps Networks Interactive Inc (NASDAQ:SNI) which gained 7.64% to close at 73.70.
The worst performers were Transdigm Group Incorporated (NYSE:TDG) which was down 7.08% to 253.00 in late trade, PVH Corp (NYSE:PVH) which lost 5.74% to settle at 105.65 and Michael Kors Holdings Limited (NYSE:KORS) which was down 5.13% to 47.15 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were DryShips Inc (NASDAQ:DRYS) which rose 215.15% to 42.8600, Euroseas Ltd (NASDAQ:ESEA) which was up 55.32% to settle at 2.190 and Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holding (NASDAQ:CRBP) which gained 51.28% to close at 8.850.
The worst performers were Dynavax Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:DVAX) which was down 64.66% to 4.10 in late trade, Rennova Health Inc (NASDAQ:RNVA) which lost 30.00% to settle at 0.100 and Turtle Beach Corp (NASDAQ:HEAR) which was down 18.13% to 1.580 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1666 to 1540 and 59 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1516 rose and 955 declined, while 139 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 2.75% to 14.56.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.24% or 2.95 to $1221.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.58% or 0.25 to hit $43.66 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.20% or 0.09 to trade at $44.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.03% to 1.0742, while USD/JPY rose 1.62% to 108.41.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.01% at 99.99.