Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Technology, Consumer Services and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.04%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.94%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 2.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE), which rose 4.08% or 1.38 points to trade at 35.21 at the close. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) added 2.91% or 8.48 points to end at 299.71 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) was up 2.00% or 2.56 points to 130.57 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), which lost 3.09% or 6.60 points to trade at 207.07 in late trade. Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) declined 2.61% or 3.12 points to end at 116.22 and Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:V) shed 1.83% or 3.53 points to 189.02.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Wynn Resorts Limited (NASDAQ:WYNN) which rose 9.62% to 81.27, Mohawk Industries Inc (NYSE:MHK) which was up 8.70% to settle at 76.60 and Maxim Integrated Products Inc (NASDAQ:MXIM) which gained 8.11% to close at 69.29.
The worst performers were Fortinet Inc (NASDAQ:FTNT) which was down 10.07% to 131.12 in late trade, Analog Devices Inc (NASDAQ:ADI) which lost 5.82% to settle at 117.25 and Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) which was down 5.45% to 15.28 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Equillium Inc (NASDAQ:EQ) which rose 730.72% to 26.50, Electrocore LLC (NASDAQ:ECOR) which was up 109.41% to settle at 1.780 and WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc (NASDAQ:WIMI) which gained 69.10% to close at 24.74.
The worst performers were Celsion Corp (NASDAQ:CLSN) which was down 63.97% to 1.290 in late trade, NextCure Inc (NASDAQ:NXTC) which lost 54.42% to settle at 8.15 and Gritstone Oncology Inc (NASDAQ:GRTS) which was down 50.31% to 4.02 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1831 to 1039 and 62 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1911 fell and 816 advanced, while 42 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 17.96% to 32.19.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.16% or 2.90 to $1804.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.39% or 0.97 to hit $39.58 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.26% or 0.11 to trade at $42.14 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1344, while USD/JPY rose 0.02% to 107.28.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 96.510.