Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Utilities and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Consumer Services, Financials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.20% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.11%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), which rose 2.76% or 3.10 points to trade at 115.36 at the close. Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT) added 2.27% or 1.59 points to end at 71.67 and Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) was up 2.22% or 1.98 points to 90.98 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS), which lost 1.94% or 4.68 points to trade at 237.17 in late trade. American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) declined 1.59% or 1.19 points to end at 73.58 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) shed 0.89% or 0.76 points to 84.73.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:REGN) which rose 3.83% to 387.10, Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (NYSE:CMG) which was up 3.37% to settle at 382.48 and Equinix Inc (NASDAQ:EQIX) which gained 3.23% to close at 357.22.
The worst performers were Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ALXN) which was down 12.86% to 115.08 in late trade, Viacom B Inc (NASDAQ:VIAB) which lost 9.40% to settle at 34.99 and Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE:SWN) which was down 8.80% to 11.50 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Achaogen Inc (NASDAQ:AKAO) which rose 148.19% to 13.030, Apricus Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:APRI) which was up 57.46% to settle at 1.795 and Transgenomi (NASDAQ:TBIO) which gained 41.19% to close at 0.3678.
The worst performers were Ophthotech (NASDAQ:OPHT) which was down 86.36% to 5.29 in late trade, Parnell Pharmaceuticals Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:PARN) which lost 43.84% to settle at 0.796 and Performant Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:PFMT) which was down 43.01% to 2.200 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2055 to 1203 and 19 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1751 fell and 780 advanced, while 84 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 6.89% to 12.56.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.18% or 2.05 to $1163.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.02% or 1.04 to hit $52.54 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.17% or 1.18 to trade at $55.51 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.73% to 1.0633, while USD/JPY fell 0.27% to 115.06.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.57% at 101.02.