Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Technology, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.67% to hit a new 1-month high, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.31%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 1.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN), which rose 3.24% or 9.99 points to trade at 318.15 at the close. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) added 2.65% or 11.91 points to end at 462.09 and Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) was up 2.60% or 4.03 points to 159.31 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM), which lost 2.09% or 5.12 points to trade at 239.94 in late trade. Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) declined 1.86% or 3.51 points to end at 185.57 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) shed 1.67% or 0.52 points to 30.57.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) which rose 4.71% to 29.11, Baker Hughes Co (NASDAQ:BKR) which was up 4.49% to settle at 34.41 and APA Corporation (NASDAQ:APA) which gained 4.45% to close at 29.34.
The worst performers were ResMed Inc (NYSE:RMD) which was down 11.48% to 182.20 in late trade, Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:SMCI) which lost 8.65% to settle at 826.98 and NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) which was down 6.68% to 118.11 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were MicroAlgo Inc (NASDAQ:MLGO) which rose 288.60% to 15.00, Alimera Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:ALIM) which was up 75.87% to settle at 5.54 and Agrify Corp (NASDAQ:AGFY) which gained 68.69% to close at 0.43.
The worst performers were Locust Walk Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:EFTR) which was down 75.81% to 0.28 in late trade, Lead Real Estate Co Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:LRE) which lost 64.60% to settle at 3.08 and American Rebel Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:AREB) which was down 31.17% to 0.52 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1917 to 911 and 101 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1769 rose and 1595 declined, while 133 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.98% to 13.33.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.62% or 14.55 to $2,345.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.16% or 0.94 to hit $81.67 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.02% or 0.86 to trade at $85.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.41% to 1.07, while USD/JPY fell 0.12% to 159.60.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 105.14.