Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Telecoms, Utilities and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.04%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.58%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 1.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), which rose 3.43% or 4.96 points to trade at 149.43 at the close. Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) added 1.53% or 3.42 points to end at 227.61 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was up 1.06% or 4.50 points to 427.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), which lost 2.70% or 4.46 points to trade at 160.67 in late trade. Honeywell International Inc (NASDAQ:HON) declined 2.11% or 4.78 points to end at 221.74 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) shed 1.79% or 1.31 points to 72.00.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) which rose 10.45% to 99.26, Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:SMCI) which was up 9.36% to settle at 36.45 and Teradyne Inc (NASDAQ:TER) which gained 7.20% to close at 140.00.
The worst performers were Axon Enterprise Inc (NASDAQ:AXON) which was down 5.05% to 570.71 in late trade, Palantir Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:PLTR) which lost 4.97% to settle at 75.92 and Essex Property Trust Inc (NYSE:ESS) which was down 4.03% to 272.79 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Boxlight Corp Class A (NASDAQ:BOXL) which rose 265.22% to 1.68, Scisparc Ltd (NASDAQ:SPRC) which was up 102.69% to settle at 1.07 and XTI Aerospace Inc (NASDAQ:XTIA) which gained 99.52% to close at 0.08.
The worst performers were Real Good Food Company Inc (NASDAQ:RGF) which was down 65.16% to 1.25 in late trade, Luna Innovations Incorporated (NASDAQ:LUNA) which lost 56.63% to settle at 0.89 and GlucoTrack Inc (NASDAQ:GCTK) which was down 45.62% to 0.16 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1562 to 1221 and 86 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1701 fell and 1603 advanced, while 115 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.56% to 16.04.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.29% or 7.69 to $2,647.01 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.78% or 0.58 to hit $73.38 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.44% or 0.34 to trade at $76.17 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.79% to 1.04, while USD/JPY rose 0.24% to 157.61.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.67% at 108.07.