Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Healthcare and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.36%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.53%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), which rose 1.03% or 1.03 points to trade at 100.94 at the close. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) added 1.01% or 1.79 points to end at 178.72 and United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX) was up 0.82% or 0.90 points to 110.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK), which lost 2.04% or 1.53 points to trade at 73.37 in late trade. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) declined 1.50% or 2.29 points to end at 150.00 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) shed 1.48% or 1.06 points to 70.65.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C) which rose 3.95% to 58.93, Range Resources Corporation (NYSE:RRC) which was up 3.22% to settle at 11.87 and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NASDAQ:GT) which gained 2.73% to close at 21.85.
The worst performers were Pacific Gas & Electric Co (NYSE:PCG) which was down 52.36% to 8.38 in late trade, Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE:NEM) which lost 8.89% to settle at 31.78 and Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ:WDC) which was down 4.92% to 38.06 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Microbot Medical Inc (NASDAQ:MBOT) which rose 307.92% to 9.7900, Biocept Inc (NASDAQ:BIOC) which was up 140.44% to settle at 2.200 and Future Fintech Group Inc (NASDAQ:FTFT) which gained 51.32% to close at 1.1500.
The worst performers were Luokung Technology Corp (NASDAQ:LKCO) which was down 45.45% to 24.000 in late trade, Verona Pharma PLC ADR (NASDAQ:VRNA) which lost 30.30% to settle at 6.97 and SAExploration Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:SAEX) which was down 29.91% to 4.100 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1941 to 1108 and 87 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1810 fell and 830 advanced, while 78 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 4.84% to 19.07.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.19% or 2.45 to $1291.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.88% or 0.97 to hit $50.62 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 2.23% or 1.35 to trade at $59.13 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1468, while USD/JPY fell 0.34% to 108.17.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 95.197.