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U.S. shares mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.18%

Published 26/04/2021, 21:25
© Reuters.  U.S. shares mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.18%

© Reuters. U.S. shares mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.18%

US500
0.73%
DJI
0.16%
BA
0.19%
GS
0.83%
KO
-0.27%
WMT
-2.05%
WDC
2.19%
AXP
0.05%
FCX
1.00%
JWN
-1.47%
PG
0.03%
IXIC
0.98%
BBQ
0.00%
DORM
-0.37%
MVIS
12.18%
SYPR
-3.85%
DJUSBM
-0.10%
DJUSNC
0.59%
DJUSTL
0.31%
DJUSUT
0.40%
DJUSEN
0.69%
DJUSTC
1.33%
PFPT
0.00%
FL
-3.84%
ALB
0.62%
TRIP
1.96%
VIX
-8.61%
RVPH
22.39%

Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Technology and Oil & Gas 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 0.18%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.22%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.87%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were American Express Company (NYSE:AXP), which rose 4.20% or 6.06 points to trade at 150.39 at the close. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) added 1.27% or 4.31 points to end at 343.66 and Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) was up 1.26% or 3.01 points to 241.39 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), which lost 2.00% or 2.68 points to trade at 131.26 in late trade. Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) declined 1.47% or 0.80 points to end at 53.67 and Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) shed 1.41% or 1.97 points to 137.93.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc (NYSE:FCX) which rose 6.87% to 39.05, Albemarle Corp (NYSE:ALB) which was up 5.77% to settle at 170.54 and Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ:WDC) which gained 4.89% to close at 71.40.

The worst performers were TripAdvisor Inc (NASDAQ:TRIP) which was down 4.33% to 48.78 in late trade, Foot Locker Inc (NYSE:FL) which lost 3.42% to settle at 57.04 and Nordstrom Inc (NYSE:JWN) which was down 2.85% to 36.53 at the close.

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The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Reviva Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:RVPH) which rose 101.39% to 8.70, Microvision Inc (NASDAQ:MVIS) which was up 47.02% to settle at 26.4200 and Proofpoint Inc (NASDAQ:PFPT) which gained 31.04% to close at 172.68.

The worst performers were Dorman Products Inc (NASDAQ:DORM) which was down 11.07% to 99.02 in late trade, Sypris Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:SYPR) which lost 9.84% to settle at 4.0300 and BBQ Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:BBQ) which was down 8.39% to 13.32 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1929 to 1126 and 111 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2226 rose and 966 declined, while 91 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 1.79% to 17.64.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.19% or 3.35 to $1781.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.27% or 0.17 to hit $61.97 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.28 to trade at $65.14 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.10% to 1.2087, while USD/JPY rose 0.18% to 108.11.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 90.795.

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