Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the declined 0.33%, while the index fell 0.67%, and the index lost 1.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:), which rose 1.91% or 4.61 points to trade at 245.99 at the close. Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:) added 1.58% or 0.92 points to end at 59.01 and Walmart Inc (NYSE:) was up 0.65% or 0.66 points to 101.52 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Apple Inc (NASDAQ:), which lost 3.13% or 5.91 points to trade at 183.09 in late trade. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:) declined 2.96% or 1.33 points to end at 43.56 and Nike Inc (NYSE:) shed 2.03% or 1.72 points to 82.85.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Pacific Gas & Electric Co (NYSE:) which rose 3.88% to 17.68, TechnipFMC PLC (NYSE:) which was up 2.87% to settle at 22.97 and Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:) which gained 2.57% to close at 314.58.
The worst performers were Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ:) which was down 6.00% to 41.95 in late trade, Activision Blizzard Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 5.99% to settle at 43.61 and Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ:) which was down 5.99% to 76.62 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Biocept Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 95.12% to 1.600, OUTLOOK THERAPEUTICS INC (NASDAQ:) which was up 42.86% to settle at 3.00 and Bison Capital Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:) which gained 46.81% to close at 3.45.
The worst performers were Silver Run Acquisition Corporation II (NASDAQ:) which was down 25.14% to 0.13 in late trade, Edison Nation Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 18.08% to settle at 2.85 and OncoSec Medical Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 16.61% to 0.375 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1916 to 1035 and 127 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1647 fell and 991 advanced, while 89 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 2.19% to 16.31.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.15% or 1.85 to $1277.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.57% or 0.36 to hit $63.28 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $72.11 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.1173, while USD/JPY rose 0.02% to 110.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 97.785.
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