Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Healthcare and Technology sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Telecoms, Financials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.22% to hit a new 1-month low, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.10%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were E I du Pont de Nemours & Co (NYSE:DD), which rose 1.23% or 0.98 points to trade at 80.58 at the close. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) added 0.65% or 0.23 points to end at 35.39 and Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) was up 0.53% or 0.18 points to 34.18 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), which lost 1.58% or 1.71 points to trade at 106.28 in late trade. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) declined 1.28% or 2.93 points to end at 225.48 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) shed 1.09% or 0.54 points to 49.14.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were HCA Holdings Inc (NYSE:HCA) which rose 5.17% to 90.49, Universal Health Services Inc (NYSE:UHS) which was up 3.35% to settle at 125.97 and Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE:BBY) which gained 3.01% to close at 46.20.
The worst performers were Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc (NYSE:FCX) which was down 4.64% to 12.21 in late trade, Frontier Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:FTR) which lost 3.35% to settle at 2.02 and Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) which was down 3.30% to 47.78 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Cellect Biotechnology Ltd (NASDAQ:APOP) which rose 74.00% to 10.90, Impax Laboratories Inc (NASDAQ:IPXL) which was up 37.30% to settle at 12.70 and Staffing 360 Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:STAF) which gained 30.34% to close at 0.952.
The worst performers were Foamix Pharmaceuticals Ltd (NASDAQ:FOMX) which was down 41.76% to 5.30 in late trade, G-III Apparel Group Ltd (NASDAQ:GIII) which lost 14.09% to settle at 19.69 and Zais Group Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:ZAIS) which was down 13.36% to 2.530 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1636 to 1575 and 43 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1438 rose and 1073 declined, while 100 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 3.09% to 12.56.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.48% or 6.05 to $1254.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.40% or 0.19 to hit $47.78 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $50.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.61% to 1.0864, while USD/JPY fell 0.66% to 110.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.57% at 99.02.