Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials, Telecoms and Financials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.04% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.20%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), which rose 5.08% or 3.01 points to trade at 62.25 at the close. Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) added 4.55% or 15.96 points to end at 366.96 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) was up 0.79% or 2.06 points to 262.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included 3M Company (NYSE:MMM), which lost 1.76% or 3.04 points to trade at 170.11 in late trade. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) declined 1.74% or 3.88 points to end at 219.03 and International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) shed 1.56% or 2.14 points to 135.47.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) which rose 5.08% to 62.25, Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NKTR) which was up 4.69% to settle at 20.98 and Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) which gained 4.55% to close at 366.96.
The worst performers were Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (NYSE:COG) which was down 4.88% to 17.74 in late trade, Newell Brands Inc (NASDAQ:NWL) which lost 4.15% to settle at 19.52 and Wynn Resorts Limited (NASDAQ:WYNN) which was down 3.83% to 121.62 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Lianluo Smart Ltd (NASDAQ:LLIT) which rose 37.25% to 0.630, Xpel Inc (NASDAQ:XPEL) which was up 30.80% to settle at 14.14 and Cabaletta Bio Inc (NASDAQ:CABA) which gained 25.18% to close at 13.92.
The worst performers were Lipocine Inc (NASDAQ:LPCN) which was down 70.70% to 0.80 in late trade, Aslan Pharmaceuticals Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:ASLN) which lost 67.98% to settle at 0.67 and NextCure Inc (NASDAQ:NXTC) which was down 52.93% to 39.02 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1567 to 1250 and 117 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1394 fell and 1230 advanced, while 87 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 5.14% to 12.69.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.43% or 6.30 to $1456.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.58% or 0.33 to hit $56.91 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.40% or 0.25 to trade at $62.26 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.00% to 1.1033, while USD/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 109.04.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 98.053.