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U.S. shares lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.67%

Published 29/01/2018, 21:25
Updated 29/01/2018, 21:25
© Reuters.  U.S. shares lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.67%

© Reuters. U.S. shares lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.67%

Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.67%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.67%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.52%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS), which rose 1.62% or 4.34 points to trade at 272.48 at the close. Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT) added 1.07% or 1.16 points to end at 109.55 and General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) was up 0.93% or 0.15 points to 16.28 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which lost 2.68% or 4.48 points to trade at 162.58 in late trade. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) declined 2.07% or 3.55 points to end at 167.96 and Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) shed 2.07% or 2.71 points to 128.48.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc (NYSE:DPS) which rose 22.39% to 117.07, Gilead Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:GILD) which was up 3.91% to settle at 88.80 and Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) which gained 3.64% to close at 284.59.

The worst performers were Wynn Resorts Limited (NASDAQ:WYNN) which was down 9.32% to 163.48 in late trade, Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM) which lost 4.70% to settle at 34.08 and Lennar Corp B (NYSE:LENb) which was down 4.26% to 52.58 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Atossa Genetics Inc (NASDAQ:ATOS) which rose 40.48% to 0.5900, Immersion Corporation (NASDAQ:IMMR) which was up 36.24% to settle at 10.00 and Ballard Power Systems Inc (NASDAQ:BLDP) which gained 33.55% to close at 4.020.

The worst performers were Stein Mart Inc (NASDAQ:SMRT) which was down 36.27% to 0.72 in late trade, ITUS Corp (NASDAQ:ITUS) which lost 31.57% to settle at 4.140 and Aradigm Cor (NASDAQ:ARDM) which was down 29.02% to 1.590 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2577 to 575 and 66 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1679 fell and 850 advanced, while 126 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 23.56% to 13.69 a new 3-month high.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.95% or 12.90 to $1339.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.04% or 0.69 to hit $65.45 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.47% or 1.03 to trade at $69.12 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.39% to 1.2379, while USD/JPY rose 0.38% to 109.00.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 89.20.

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