Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.14%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.22%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walt Disney Company (N:DIS), which rose 1.31% or 1.39 points to trade at 107.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Nike Inc (N:NKE) added 1.00% or 0.63 points to end at 63.81 and Boeing Company (N:BA) was up 0.70% or 1.01 points to 144.54 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chevron Corporation (N:CVX), which fell 1.84% or 1.69 points to trade at 90.36 at the close. Caterpillar Inc (N:CAT) declined 1.15% or 0.80 points to end at 68.58 and Apple Inc (O:AAPL) was down 1.12% or 1.21 points to 106.82.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were CSRA Inc (N:CSRA) which rose 5.25% to 29.49, Alphabet Inc (O:GOOGL) which was up 2.14% to settle at 782.24 and Southwestern Energy Company (N:SWN) which gained 2.09% to close at 6.85.
The worst performers were Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc (N:FCX) which was down 9.51% to 6.85 in late trade, Navient Cor (O:NAVI) which lost 9.12% to settle at 11.46 and CONSOL Energy Inc (N:CNX) which was down 9.02% to 7.87 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Viking Therapeutics Inc (O:VKTX) which rose 99.54% to 4.35, Vapor Corp (O:VPCO) which was up 82.14% to settle at 0.51 and Wave Systems Corp (O:WAVX) which gained 41.78% to close at 0.191.
The worst performers were Chimerix Inc (O:CMRX) which was down 81.39% to 6.62 in late trade, OptimumBank Holdings Inc (O:OPHC) which lost 26.82% to settle at 0.373 and Iconix Brand Group Inc (O:ICON) which was down 23.89% to 5.67 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2139 to 1290 and 7 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1704 fell and 938 advanced, while 43 ended unchanged.
Shares in Chimerix Inc (O:CMRX) fell to all time lows; losing 81.39% or 28.95 to 6.62. Shares in OptimumBank Holdings Inc (O:OPHC) fell to 52-week lows; down 26.82% or 0.137 to 0.373. Shares in Iconix Brand Group Inc (O:ICON) fell to 5-year lows; falling 23.89% or 1.78 to 5.67.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 7.75% to 16.96.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.72% or 7.70 to $1068.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 3.61% or 1.38 to hit $36.73 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 3.58% or 1.35 to trade at $36.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.0970, while USD/JPY rose 0.06% to 120.35.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 98.00.