Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Services and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.08%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.09%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), which rose 1.18% or 1.03 points to trade at 88.59 at the close. Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) added 1.07% or 0.88 points to end at 83.44 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) was up 0.83% or 0.89 points to 108.37 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK), which lost 1.57% or 1.00 points to trade at 62.86 in late trade. Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) declined 1.44% or 0.51 points to end at 34.93 and McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) shed 0.77% or 0.92 points to 118.29.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE:CF) which rose 4.98% to 23.19, Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) which was up 3.85% to settle at 28.32 and Tesoro Corporation (NYSE:TSO) which gained 3.69% to close at 77.47.
The worst performers were Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) which was down 4.71% to 60.30 in late trade, Patterson Companies Inc (NASDAQ:PDCO) which lost 3.68% to settle at 46.32 and Viacom B Inc (NASDAQ:VIAB) which was down 2.66% to 42.52 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Mattress Firm Holding Corp (NASDAQ:MFRM) which rose 114.36% to 63.75, Image Sensing Systems Inc (NASDAQ:ISNS) which was up 67.36% to settle at 4.050 and Heat Biolog (NASDAQ:HTBX) which gained 38.17% to close at 1.810.
The worst performers were SAExploration Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:SAEX) which was down 49.38% to 16.700 in late trade, Check Cap Ltd (NASDAQ:CHEK) which lost 25.41% to settle at 2.260 and Ceragon Networks Ltd (NASDAQ:CRNT) which was down 16.16% to 1.920 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1826 to 1423 and 39 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1381 fell and 1180 advanced, while 70 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 1.40% to 11.55.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.25% or 3.35 to $1341.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.58% or 1.08 to hit $42.88 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.10% or 0.93 to trade at $45.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.1081, while USD/JPY rose 0.64% to 102.44.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 96.33.