Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors led shares higher while losses in the Basic Materials, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.06%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.01%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK), which rose 2.41% or 1.42 points to trade at 60.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) added 1.59% or 0.76 points to end at 48.66 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) was up 1.20% or 0.79 points to 66.88 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS), which fell 2.10% or 5.29 points to trade at 246.67 at the close. Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) declined 1.08% or 0.80 points to end at 73.00 and Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) was down 1.01% or 0.88 points to 86.10.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Henry Schein Inc (NASDAQ:HSIC) which rose 6.83% to 73.79, Mattel Inc (NASDAQ:MAT) which was up 6.33% to settle at 13.78 and Hanesbrands Inc (NYSE:HBI) which gained 5.87% to close at 18.22.
The worst performers were Arconic Inc (NYSE:ARNC) which was down 5.20% to 22.05 in late trade, Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) which lost 3.16% to settle at 49.02 and Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ:WDC) which was down 2.86% to 87.00 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Check Cap Ltd (NASDAQ:CHEK) which rose 78.82% to 7.260, Integrated Media Technology Ltd (NASDAQ:IMTE) which was down 19.33% to settle at 2.42 and Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:FRSX) which gained 17.21% to close at 3.61.
The worst performers were Prothena Corporation plc (NASDAQ:PRTA) which was down 68.78% to 11.50 in late trade, Akorn Inc (NASDAQ:AKRX) which lost 33.76% to settle at 13.05 and Westmoreland Coal Company (NASDAQ:WLB) which was down 29.82% to 0.20 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1667 to 1375 and 155 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1448 fell and 1076 advanced, while 145 ended unchanged.
Shares in Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.08% or 0.80 to 73.00. Shares in Prothena Corporation plc (NASDAQ:PRTA) fell to 3-years lows; down 68.78% or 25.34 to 11.50. Shares in Akorn Inc (NASDAQ:AKRX) fell to 3-years lows; down 33.76% or 6.65 to 13.05. Shares in Westmoreland Coal Company (NASDAQ:WLB) fell to all time lows; down 29.82% or 0.09 to 0.20.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 3.26% to 16.33.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.93% or 12.50 to $1325.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.75% or 0.51 to hit $68.91 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.27% or 0.94 to trade at $75.00 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.65% to 1.2208, while USD/JPY rose 0.99% to 108.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.69% at 90.70.