Investing.com – United States stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.86%, while the S&P 500 index fell 1.82%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 1.57%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK), which rose 1.49% or 0.85 points to trade at 58.04 at the close. Meanwhile, Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) added 0.12% or 0.05 points to end at 42.14 and Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT) was down 0.29% or 0.25 points to 85.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which fell 5.28% or 4.85 points to trade at 87.03 at the close. Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) declined 4.00% or 4.50 points to end at 108.08 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) was down 3.12% or 6.07 points to 188.34.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE:BSX) which rose 4.46% to 13.81, Zimmer Holdings Inc (NYSE:ZMH) which was up 3.73% to settle at 116.79 and GameStop Corp (NYSE:GME) which gained 2.72% to close at 34.72.
The worst performers were United Rentals Inc (NYSE:URI) which was down 10.95% to 92.25 in late trade, Noble Energy Inc (NYSE:NBL) which lost 9.58% to settle at 42.39 and Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc (NYSE:DO) which was down 8.70% to 33.99 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Sutor Technology Group Limited (NASDAQ:SUTR) which rose 41.18% to 0.720, Anthera Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ANTH) which was up 29.72% to settle at 2.270 and Semler Scientifc (NASDAQ:SMLR) which gained 25.00% to close at 2.45.
The worst performers were Brainstorm Cell Therapuetics Inc (NASDAQ:BCLI) which was down 23.33% to 5.7500 in late trade, The Wet Seal Inc (NASDAQ:WTSL) which lost 22.39% to settle at 0.055 and PostRock Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:PSTR) which was down 20.37% to 3.345 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2351 to 456; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1981 fell and 809 advanced, while 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in Zimmer Holdings Inc (NYSE:ZMH) rose to 52 week highs; up 3.73% or 4.20 to 116.79.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 12.82% to 20.07.
Gold for February delivery was up 1.70% or 20.20 to $1206.40 a troy ounce.
Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for delivery in February fell 5.36% or 2.83 to hit $49.87 a barrel, while the February brent oil contract fell 6.11% or 3.44 to trade at $52.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.57% to 1.1935, while USD/JPY fell 0.76% to 119.59.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.21% at 91.67.