Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.66%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.70%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Wal-Mart Stores Inc (N:WMT), which rose 1.41% or 0.84 points to trade at 60.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Verizon Communications Inc (N:VZ) added 0.77% or 0.35 points to end at 46.06 and Procter & Gamble Company (N:PG) was up 0.69% or 0.54 points to 78.37 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chevron Corporation (N:CVX), which fell 2.71% or 2.43 points to trade at 87.28 at the close. Exxon Mobil Corporation (N:XOM) declined 2.61% or 2.06 points to end at 76.80 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (N:GS) was down 2.37% or 4.50 points to 185.49.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Keurig Green Mountain Inc (O:GMCR) which rose 71.93% to 88.89, Newell Rubbermaid Inc (N:NWL) which was up 7.43% to settle at 48.16 and NRG Energy Inc (N:NRG) which gained 6.11% to close at 9.55.
The worst performers were CONSOL Energy Inc (N:CNX) which was down 15.03% to 6.56 in late trade, Staples Inc (O:SPLS) which lost 13.75% to settle at 10.66 and Williams Companies Inc (N:WMB) which was down 13.31% to 26.97 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Keurig Green Mountain Inc (O:GMCR) which rose 71.93% to 88.89, Dex Media Inc (O:DXM) which was up 54.00% to settle at 0.20 and XBiotech Inc (O:XBIT) which gained 51.34% to close at 13.03.
The worst performers were Threshold Pharmaceuticals Inc (O:THLD) which was down 82.01% to 0.601 in late trade, Bluebird bio Inc (O:BLUE) which lost 37.54% to settle at 52.25 and Vanguard Natural Resources LLC (O:VNR) which was down 28.92% to 3.17 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2726 to 718 and 4 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2044 fell and 605 advanced, while 44 ended unchanged.
Shares in CONSOL Energy Inc (N:CNX) fell to 5-year lows; down 15.03% or 1.16 to 6.56. Shares in Newell Rubbermaid Inc (N:NWL) rose to 5-year highs; rising 7.43% or 3.33 to 48.16. Shares in Staples Inc (O:SPLS) fell to 5-year lows; falling 13.75% or 1.70 to 10.66. Shares in Williams Companies Inc (N:WMB) fell to 3-years lows; falling 13.31% or 4.14 to 26.97. Shares in Threshold Pharmaceuticals Inc (O:THLD) fell to 5-year lows; down 82.01% or 2.739 to 0.601. Shares in Vanguard Natural Resources LLC (O:VNR) fell to all time lows; down 28.92% or 1.29 to 3.17.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 8.04% to 16.00.
Gold for February delivery was down 1.15% or 12.50 to $1071.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 5.79% or 2.31 to hit $37.66 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 5.27% or 2.27 to trade at $40.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.42% to 1.0834, while USD/JPY rose 0.17% to 123.33.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.47% at 98.73.