Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Utilities and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.71%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.32%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.20%.
At the close in Toronto meanwhile, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 1.01%.
Toronto Stocks Moving Markets Today
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were BRP Inc (TSX:DOO), which rose 3.78% or 3.20 points to trade at 87.83 at the close. Nuvei Corp (TSX:NVEI) added 3.68% or 1.19 points to end at 33.51 and Celestica Inc. (TSX:CLS) was up 3.01% or 1.46 points to 50.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lithium Americas (TSX:LAAC) Corp (TSX:LAC), which lost 7.99% or 0.45 points to trade at 5.18 in late trade. Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX:BLDP) declined 6.61% or 0.29 points to end at 4.10 and Innergex Renewable Energy Inc . (TSX:INE) shed 6.41% or 0.58 points to 8.47.
Dow Jones Stocks Moving Markets Today
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which rose 1.92% or 6.04 points to trade at 321.13 at the close. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) added 0.98% or 1.83 points to end at 187.68 and Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM) was up 0.84% or 2.39 points to 288.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD), which lost 3.73% or 11.08 points to trade at 285.97 in late trade. 3M Company (NYSE:MMM) declined 2.35% or 2.23 points to end at 92.64 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) shed 2.12% or 0.48 points to 22.16.
S&P500 Stocks Moving Markets Today
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Estee Lauder Companies Inc (NYSE:EL) which rose 12.04% to 150.27, Catalent Inc (NYSE:CTLT) which was up 9.74% to settle at 59.82 and ON Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:ON) which gained 9.54% to close at 77.59.
The worst performers were Air Products and Chemicals Inc (NYSE:APD) which was down 15.54% to 218.06 in late trade, Match Group Inc (NASDAQ:MTCH) which lost 5.24% to settle at 35.46 and Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) which was down 4.88% to 52.97 at the close.
NASDAQ Stocks Moving Markets Today
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Gorilla Technology Group Inc (NASDAQ:GRRR) which rose 96.36% to 1.09, 4D Molecular Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:FDMT) which was up 84.62% to settle at 32.29 and MorphoSys AG ADR (NASDAQ:MOR) which gained 56.01% to close at 17.27.
The worst performers were NanoString Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:NSTG) which was down 78.02% to 0.10 in late trade, DMK Pharmaceuticals Corp (NASDAQ:DMK) which lost 56.71% to settle at 0.23 and Pineapple Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PEGY) which was down 50.79% to 0.22 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2380 to 516 and 38 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2519 fell and 957 advanced, while 90 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 1.30% to 13.67.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.64% or 13.05 to $2,040.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.73% or 0.53 to hit $72.81 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.89% or 0.69 to trade at $78.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.41% to 1.07, while USD/JPY rose 0.24% to 148.72.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.54% at 104.34.