Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Services and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.08%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.09%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), which rose 1.18% or 1.03 points to trade at 88.59 at the close. Meanwhile, Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) added 1.07% or 0.88 points to end at 83.44 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) was up 0.83% or 0.89 points to 108.37 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK), which fell 1.57% or 1.00 points to trade at 62.86 at the close. Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) declined 1.44% or 0.51 points to end at 34.93 and McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) was down 0.77% or 0.92 points to 118.29.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE:CF) which rose 4.98% to 23.19, Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) which was up 3.85% to settle at 28.32 and Tesoro Corporation (NYSE:TSO) which gained 3.69% to close at 77.47.
The worst performers were Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) which was down 4.71% to 60.30 in late trade, Patterson Companies Inc (NASDAQ:PDCO) which lost 3.68% to settle at 46.32 and Viacom B Inc (NASDAQ:VIAB) which was down 2.66% to 42.52 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Mattress Firm Holding Corp (NASDAQ:MFRM) which rose 114.36% to 63.75, Image Sensing Systems Inc (NASDAQ:ISNS) which was up 67.36% to settle at 4.050 and Heat Biolog (NASDAQ:HTBX) which gained 38.17% to close at 1.810.
The worst performers were SAExploration Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:SAEX) which was down 49.38% to 16.700 in late trade, Check Cap Ltd (NASDAQ:CHEK) which lost 25.41% to settle at 2.260 and Ceragon Networks Ltd (NASDAQ:CRNT) which was down 16.16% to 1.920 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1826 to 1423 and 39 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1381 fell and 1180 advanced, while 70 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 1.40% to 11.55.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.25% or 3.35 to $1341.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.58% or 1.08 to hit $42.88 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.10% or 0.93 to trade at $45.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.1081, while USD/JPY rose 0.64% to 102.44.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 96.33.