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U.S. shares lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.35%

Published 17/09/2018, 21:25
Updated 17/09/2018, 21:25
© Reuters.  U.S. shares lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.35%

© Reuters. U.S. shares lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.35%

Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.35%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.56%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 1.43%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which rose 0.91% or 1.32 points to trade at 146.22 at the close. 3M Company (NYSE:MMM) added 0.79% or 1.65 points to end at 209.53 and Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) was up 0.77% or 0.64 points to 84.25 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which lost 2.66% or 5.96 points to trade at 217.88 in late trade. McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) declined 1.68% or 2.70 points to end at 158.14 and Visa Inc (NYSE:V) shed 1.12% or 1.66 points to 146.18.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Mosaic Co (NYSE:MOS) which rose 3.90% to 31.99, NiSource Inc (NYSE:NI) which was up 3.77% to settle at 25.73 and Kroger Company (NYSE:KR) which gained 3.74% to close at 28.84.

The worst performers were Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) which was down 3.90% to 350.35 in late trade, Keurig Dr Pepper Inc (NYSE:KDP) which lost 3.80% to settle at 23.54 and CH Robinson Worldwide Inc (NASDAQ:CHRW) which was down 3.38% to 96.71 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were New Age Beverages Corp (NASDAQ:NBEV) which rose 44.65% to 2.30, Netlist Inc (NASDAQ:NLST) which was up 41.94% to settle at 0.511 and Senomyx Inc (NASDAQ:SNMX) which gained 40.00% to close at 1.470.

The worst performers were Radcom Ltd (NASDAQ:RDCM) which was down 28.99% to 12.25 in late trade, Vital Thera (NASDAQ:VTL) which lost 27.97% to settle at 0.25 and Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc (NASDAQ:HMNY) which was down 27.57% to 0.015 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1816 to 1206 and 134 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1756 fell and 833 advanced, while 133 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 12.26% to 13.55.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.37% or 4.50 to $1205.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.35% or 0.24 to hit $68.53 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.20% or 0.16 to trade at $77.93 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.53% to 1.1685, while USD/JPY fell 0.21% to 111.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 94.07.

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