U.S. shares lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.94%

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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 0.94%, while the S&P 500 index declined 1.30%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 2.14%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK), which rose 2.09% or 1.70 points to trade at 83.10 at the close. International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) added 0.55% or 0.79 points to end at 144.11 and Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) was up 0.37% or 0.39 points to 104.72 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:V), which lost 2.49% or 5.73 points to trade at 224.73 in late trade. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) declined 2.46% or 3.51 points to end at 139.14 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) shed 2.07% or 5.99 points to 283.11.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Helmerich and Payne Inc (NYSE:HP) which rose 5.67% to 30.17, Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE:DVN) which was up 5.30% to settle at 38.76 and Diamondback Energy Inc (NASDAQ:FANG) which gained 4.57% to close at 103.38.

The worst performers were Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) which was down 5.79% to 58.39 in late trade, Edwards Lifesciences Corp (NYSE:EW) which lost 5.26% to settle at 106.37 and IPG Photonics Corporation (NASDAQ:IPGP) which was down 4.92% to 153.19 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:XENE) which rose 102.56% to 31.60, Elmira Savings Bank (NASDAQ:ESBK) which was up 68.15% to settle at 22.70 and Lion Group Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:LGHL) which gained 26.00% to close at 1.890.

The worst performers were Esports Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:EBET) which was down 24.19% to 23.75 in late trade, Progenity Inc (NASDAQ:PROG) which lost 21.79% to settle at 1.400 and Regenxbio Inc (NASDAQ:RGNX) which was down 19.74% to 32.33 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2086 to 1185 and 115 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2664 fell and 973 advanced, while 150 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 8.56% to 22.96.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.58% or 10.25 to $1768.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.28% or 1.73 to hit $77.61 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.52% or 2.00 to trade at $81.28 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.23% to 1.1621, while USD/JPY fell 0.10% to 110.93.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 93.815.