Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and Technology sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Utilities, Industrials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.32%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.10%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which rose 1.57% or 3.10 points to trade at 200.10 at the close. Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) added 1.27% or 1.32 points to end at 104.97 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) was up 0.74% or 1.49 points to 203.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which lost 4.44% or 17.41 points to trade at 374.52 in late trade. Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) declined 0.78% or 0.67 points to end at 84.73 and McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) shed 0.45% or 0.86 points to 189.85.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) which rose 5.44% to 24.24, Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc (NYSE:FCX) which was up 3.08% to settle at 13.74 and Wynn Resorts Limited (NASDAQ:WYNN) which gained 2.77% to close at 144.85.
The worst performers were General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) which was down 5.19% to 9.49 in late trade, Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) which lost 4.44% to settle at 374.52 and Dollar Tree Inc (NASDAQ:DLTR) which was down 3.35% to 102.44 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Precipio Inc (NASDAQ:PRPO) which rose 62.71% to 0.2439, Histogenics Corp (NASDAQ:HSGX) which was up 56.00% to settle at 0.173 and Vital Thera (NASDAQ:VTL) which gained 41.73% to close at 0.73.
The worst performers were Viveve Medical Inc (NASDAQ:VIVE) which was down 28.39% to 0.5800 in late trade, OUTLOOK THERAPEUTICS INC (NASDAQ:OTLK) which lost 21.77% to settle at 4.78 and Vaxart Inc (NASDAQ:VXRT) which was down 21.58% to 1.490 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1547 to 1415 and 133 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1420 fell and 1221 advanced, while 84 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 2.81% to 13.18.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.46% or 5.90 to $1301.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.19% or 1.38 to hit $64.46 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $71.07 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.10% to 1.1271, while USD/JPY rose 0.00% to 111.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 96.657.