Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.46% to hit a new 1-month low, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.65%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.92%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), which rose 0.68% or 0.57 points to trade at 84.85 at the close. Meanwhile, EI du Pont de Nemours and Company (NYSE:DD) added 0.49% or 0.34 points to end at 69.41 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) was up 0.44% or 0.21 points to 47.44 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which fell 1.70% or 0.54 points to trade at 31.30 at the close. International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) declined 1.23% or 2.06 points to end at 165.34 and Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) was down 1.15% or 1.17 points to 100.42.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Time Warner Inc (NYSE:TWX) which rose 1.32% to 86.02, Frontier Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:FTR) which was up 1.31% to settle at 5.03 and Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE:SEE) which gained 1.22% to close at 49.11.
The worst performers were Wynn Resorts Limited (NASDAQ:WYNN) which was down 6.18% to 102.40 in late trade, Delta Air Lines Inc (NYSE:DAL) which lost 5.01% to settle at 40.75 and American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) which was down 4.46% to 39.86 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Oculus Innovative Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:OCLS) which rose 30.37% to 1.760, Recro Pharm (NASDAQ:REPH) which was up 20.28% to settle at 11.15 and Pozen Inc (NASDAQ:POZN) which gained 18.94% to close at 8.98.
The worst performers were Allied Motion Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:AMOT) which was down 12.52% to 24.74 in late trade, China Biologic Products Inc (NASDAQ:CBPO) which lost 12.42% to settle at 103.86 and Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:SHIP) which was down 5.97% to 0.574 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2313 to 817 and 4 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1827 fell and 974 advanced, while 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.15% or 1.17 to 100.42. Shares in Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:SHIP) fell to all time lows; falling 5.97% or 0.036 to 0.574.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 7.53% to 15.28 a new 1-month high.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.45% or 5.30 to $1173.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.34% or 0.80 to hit $58.34 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.77% or 0.48 to trade at $62.83 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.56% to 1.1287, while USD/JPY fell 0.91% to 124.44.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.20% at 95.22.