Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.52%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.28%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO), which rose 1.12% or 0.46 points to trade at 41.54 at the close. Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) added 0.93% or 1.12 points to end at 121.12 and The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV) was up 0.77% or 0.82 points to 106.94 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), which lost 3.25% or 2.88 points to trade at 85.60 in late trade. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) declined 2.36% or 2.87 points to end at 118.44 and International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) shed 2.02% or 3.28 points to 158.71.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Frontier Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:FTR) which rose 9.00% to 5.14, Autodesk Inc (NASDAQ:ADSK) which was up 5.38% to settle at 53.30 and American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) which gained 4.01% to close at 41.71.
The worst performers were Tyson Foods Inc (NYSE:TSN) which was down 9.90% to 39.96 in late trade, Michael Kors Holdings Limited (NYSE:KORS) which lost 7.81% to settle at 38.71 and CONSOL Energy Inc (NYSE:CNX) which was down 7.63% to 15.26 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Global-Tech Advanced Innovations Inc (NASDAQ:GAI) which rose 115.00% to 6.45, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:LXRX) which was up 61.26% to settle at 13.610 and US Energy Corp (NASDAQ:USEG) which gained 41.67% to close at 0.595.
The worst performers were Abengoa SA (NASDAQ:ABGB) which was down 29.90% to 7.75 in late trade, Inventergy (NASDAQ:INVT) which lost 19.85% to settle at 0.300 and HMS Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:HMSY) which was down 19.62% to 9.26 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1998 to 1091 and 3 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1757 fell and 1056 advanced, while 10 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 3.63% to 12.56.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.87% or 9.50 to $1085.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.87% or 1.82 to hit $45.28 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 5.09% or 2.66 to trade at $49.54 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.29% to 1.0952, while USD/JPY rose 0.11% to 123.98.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.29% at 97.60.