Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.74%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.81%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), which rose 0.68% or 0.61 points to trade at 90.59 at the close. McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) added 0.50% or 0.61 points to end at 122.99 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) was up 0.41% or 0.13 points to 32.17 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), which lost 2.60% or 1.34 points to trade at 50.14 in late trade. Visa Inc (NYSE:V) declined 2.22% or 1.78 points to end at 78.40 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) shed 2.00% or 1.30 points to 63.67.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) which rose 5.26% to 18.21, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) which was up 2.29% to settle at 84.36 and Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE:DVN) which gained 2.05% to close at 35.78.
The worst performers were Marathon Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:MPC) which was down 6.70% to 33.96 in late trade, Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO) which lost 4.51% to settle at 51.02 and United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE:UAL) which was down 4.38% to 44.06 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Dataram Corp (NASDAQ:DRAM) which rose 59.09% to 1.4000, Globeimmune (NASDAQ:GBIM) which was up 53.28% to settle at 1.870 and Forbes Energy Services Ltd (NASDAQ:FES) which gained 40.63% to close at 0.2440.
The worst performers were Marinus Pharma (NASDAQ:MRNS) which was down 69.66% to 1.62 in late trade, Moko Social (NASDAQ:MOKO) which lost 33.56% to settle at 0.1661 and Caredx Inc (NASDAQ:CDNA) which was down 20.74% to 4.700 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2463 to 844 and 28 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1903 fell and 663 advanced, while 67 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 22.67% to 20.89 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.89% or 11.35 to $1287.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.92% or 0.45 to hit $48.62 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.87% or 0.44 to trade at $50.10 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.36% to 1.1293, while USD/JPY fell 0.76% to 106.19.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 94.42.