Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Telecoms and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.16%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.38%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM), which rose 2.56% or 7.50 points to trade at 300.30 at the close. Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) added 1.83% or 1.07 points to end at 59.59 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) was up 1.11% or 2.39 points to 216.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), which lost 3.41% or 0.74 points to trade at 20.99 in late trade. Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) declined 2.37% or 0.96 points to end at 39.70 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) shed 1.06% or 1.12 points to 104.51.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Palo Alto Networks Inc (NASDAQ:PANW) which rose 7.33% to 302.78, Domino’s Pizza Inc (NYSE:DPZ) which was up 5.88% to settle at 459.14 and Fidelity National Information Services Inc (NYSE:FIS) which gained 4.71% to close at 67.31.
The worst performers were Insulet Corporation (NASDAQ:PODD) which was down 8.35% to 168.83 in late trade, Alphabet Inc Class C (NASDAQ:GOOG) which lost 4.50% to settle at 138.75 and Alphabet Inc Class A (NASDAQ:GOOGL) which was down 4.44% to 137.57 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Akili Inc (NASDAQ:AKLI) which rose 104.11% to 0.45, MicroCloud Hologram Inc (NASDAQ:HOLO) which was up 81.54% to settle at 12.00 and Sarcos Technology and Robotics (NASDAQ:STRC) which gained 78.63% to close at 1.05.
The worst performers were Aclarion Inc (NASDAQ:ACON) which was down 60.26% to 0.36 in late trade, Intuitive Machines Inc (NASDAQ:LUNR) which lost 34.62% to settle at 6.27 and DIH Holding US Inc (NASDAQ:DHAI) which was down 29.98% to 0.77 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1731 to 1157 and 63 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1920 rose and 1506 declined, while 122 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.07% to 13.74.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.40% or 8.15 to $2,041.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.41% or 1.08 to hit $77.57 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.10% or 0.89 to trade at $81.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.30% to 1.09, while USD/JPY rose 0.14% to 150.71.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 103.71.