Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrials, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.06%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.16%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH), which rose 0.96% or 1.58 points to trade at 165.59 at the close. Meanwhile, Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) added 0.88% or 0.43 points to end at 49.18 and Visa Inc (NYSE:V) was up 0.55% or 0.49 points to 89.36 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were E I du Pont de Nemours & Co (NYSE:DD), which fell 0.82% or 0.66 points to trade at 79.67 at the close. American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) declined 0.66% or 0.52 points to end at 78.59 and Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) was down 0.65% or 0.22 points to 33.58.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:INCY) which rose 3.63% to 138.52, Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE:NEM) which was up 2.82% to settle at 33.89 and Cigna Corporation (NYSE:CI) which gained 1.98% to close at 149.39.
The worst performers were CarMax Inc (NYSE:KMX) which was down 4.31% to 56.67 in late trade, Frontier Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:FTR) which lost 4.21% to settle at 2.05 and O'Reilly Automotive Inc (NASDAQ:ORLY) which was down 4.13% to 258.69 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:CYCC) which rose 87.72% to 6.4200, Novocure Ltd (NASDAQ:NVCR) which was up 37.04% to settle at 11.10 and Steadymed Ltd (NASDAQ:STDY) which gained 29.31% to close at 7.500.
The worst performers were DryShips Inc (NASDAQ:DRYS) which was down 18.79% to 1.34 in late trade, Orexigen Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:OREX) which lost 17.73% to settle at 2.830 and Ekso Bionics Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:EKSO) which was down 17.07% to 3.40 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1833 to 1382 and 31 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1843 fell and 676 advanced, while 97 ended unchanged.
Shares in Steadymed Ltd (NASDAQ:STDY) rose to 52-week highs; rising 29.31% or 1.700 to 7.500.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.08% to 12.38.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.28% or 3.45 to $1254.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.73% or 0.37 to hit $50.23 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.80% or 0.43 to trade at $53.10 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.15% to 1.0671, while USD/JPY fell 0.44% to 110.91.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 100.36.