Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Utilities and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.61%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.23%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS), which rose 2.42% or 5.38 points to trade at 227.28 at the close. Meanwhile, JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) added 2.04% or 1.85 points to end at 92.75 and Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) was up 1.89% or 1.97 points to 106.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), which fell 1.10% or 0.76 points to trade at 68.17 at the close. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) declined 0.83% or 0.28 points to end at 33.46 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) was down 0.59% or 0.35 points to 58.65.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE:BHI) which rose 5.82% to 57.68, Transocean Ltd (NYSE:RIG) which was up 5.35% to settle at 8.67 and Kimco Realty Corporation (NYSE:KIM) which gained 5.12% to close at 19.00.
The worst performers were Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ:WDC) which was down 3.74% to 85.29 in late trade, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) which lost 3.62% to settle at 139.33 and Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) which was down 2.76% to 27.47 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Monster Digital Inc (NASDAQ:MSDI) which rose 161.86% to 1.27, Opexa Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:OPXA) which was up 80.00% to settle at 1.170 and Prana Biotechnology Ltd (NASDAQ:PRAN) which gained 26.20% to close at 2.8900.
The worst performers were Diana Containerships Inc (NASDAQ:DCIX) which was down 25.35% to 0.2800 in late trade, DryShips Inc (NASDAQ:DRYS) which lost 18.90% to settle at 1.03 and Yield10 Bioscience Inc (NASDAQ:YTEN) which was down 17.34% to 4.290 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2184 to 911 and 107 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1458 rose and 1006 declined, while 146 ended unchanged.
Shares in Diana Containerships Inc (NASDAQ:DCIX) fell to all time lows; falling 25.35% or 0.0951 to 0.2800. Shares in DryShips Inc (NASDAQ:DRYS) fell to 5-year lows; losing 18.90% or 0.24 to 1.03.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.36% to 11.22.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.56% or 19.32 to $1222.98 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.13% or 0.98 to hit $47.02 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.68% or 0.82 to trade at $49.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.53% to 1.1366, while USD/JPY rose 0.90% to 113.42.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 95.94.