Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Utilities and Technology sectors led shares higher while losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.09% to hit a new 1-month high, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.13%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Company (NYSE:BA), which rose 1.37% or 1.71 points to trade at 126.34 at the close. Meanwhile, Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) added 1.22% or 0.73 points to end at 60.81 and McDonald`s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) was up 1.11% or 1.35 points to 122.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE), which fell 1.31% or 0.40 points to trade at 30.10 at the close. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) declined 1.04% or 0.33 points to end at 31.43 and EI du Pont de Nemours and Company (NYSE:DD) was down 0.83% or 0.53 points to 63.30.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide (NYSE:HOT) which rose 7.82% to 75.93, TripAdvisor Inc (NASDAQ:TRIP) which was up 4.46% to settle at 66.54 and Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc (NYSE:FCX) which gained 4.40% to close at 9.97.
The worst performers were Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) which was down 6.21% to 4.38 in late trade, Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE:SWN) which lost 6.75% to settle at 7.46 and Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE:BHI) which was down 4.32% to 43.88 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Zynerba Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ZYNE) which rose 149.76% to 21.08, GW Pharmaceuticals Plc (NASDAQ:GWPH) which was up 120.25% to settle at 84.71 and Axsome Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:AXSM) which gained 35.15% to close at 9.65.
The worst performers were Trio Merger Corp (NASDAQ:SAEX) which was down 21.11% to 0.722 in late trade, Wins Finance Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:WINS) which lost 17.74% to settle at 9.60 and Linn Co LLC (NASDAQ:LNCO) which was down 16.36% to 0.6691 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1866 to 1482 and 36 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1390 fell and 1192 advanced, while 60 ended unchanged.
Shares in Trio Merger Corp (NASDAQ:SAEX) fell to all time lows; falling 21.11% or 0.193 to 0.722.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 2.48% to 16.91.
Gold for April delivery was down 1.94% or 24.40 to $1235.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 3.25% or 1.25 to hit $37.25 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.05% or 0.83 to trade at $39.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.39% to 1.1104, while USD/JPY fell 0.04% to 113.78.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.38% at 96.59.