Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Healthcare and Technology sectors led shares higher while losses in the Telecoms, Financials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.22% to hit a new 1-month low, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.10%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were E I du Pont de Nemours & Co (NYSE:DD), which rose 1.23% or 0.98 points to trade at 80.58 at the close. Meanwhile, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) added 0.65% or 0.23 points to end at 35.39 and Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) was up 0.53% or 0.18 points to 34.18 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), which fell 1.58% or 1.71 points to trade at 106.28 at the close. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) declined 1.28% or 2.93 points to end at 225.48 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) was down 1.09% or 0.54 points to 49.14.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were HCA Holdings Inc (NYSE:HCA) which rose 5.17% to 90.49, Universal Health Services Inc (NYSE:UHS) which was up 3.35% to settle at 125.97 and Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE:BBY) which gained 3.01% to close at 46.20.
The worst performers were Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc (NYSE:FCX) which was down 4.64% to 12.21 in late trade, Frontier Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:FTR) which lost 3.35% to settle at 2.02 and Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) which was down 3.30% to 47.78 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Cellect Biotechnology Ltd (NASDAQ:APOP) which rose 74.00% to 10.90, Impax Laboratories Inc (NASDAQ:IPXL) which was up 37.30% to settle at 12.70 and Staffing 360 Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:STAF) which gained 30.34% to close at 0.952.
The worst performers were Foamix Pharmaceuticals Ltd (NASDAQ:FOMX) which was down 41.76% to 5.30 in late trade, G-III Apparel Group Ltd (NASDAQ:GIII) which lost 14.09% to settle at 19.69 and Zais Group Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:ZAIS) which was down 13.36% to 2.530 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1636 to 1575 and 43 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1438 rose and 1073 declined, while 100 ended unchanged.
Shares in HCA Holdings Inc (NYSE:HCA) rose to 52-week highs; up 5.17% or 4.45 to 90.49. Shares in Cellect Biotechnology Ltd (NASDAQ:APOP) rose to all time highs; rising 74.00% or 4.64 to 10.90. Shares in Foamix Pharmaceuticals Ltd (NASDAQ:FOMX) fell to 52-week lows; down 41.76% or 3.80 to 5.30. Shares in G-III Apparel Group Ltd (NASDAQ:GIII) fell to 3-years lows; losing 14.09% or 3.23 to 19.69.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 3.09% to 12.56.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.48% or 6.05 to $1254.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.40% or 0.19 to hit $47.78 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $50.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.61% to 1.0864, while USD/JPY fell 0.66% to 110.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.57% at 99.02.