Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Basic Materials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.06%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.08%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which rose 2.29% or 8.29 points to trade at 370.46 at the close. Meanwhile, Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) added 1.24% or 1.61 points to end at 131.38 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) was up 0.54% or 0.32 points to 60.08 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which fell 1.21% or 2.31 points to trade at 188.74 at the close. DowDuPont Inc (NYSE:DWDP) declined 1.21% or 0.65 points to end at 53.27 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) was down 1.15% or 0.72 points to 61.69.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Viacom B Inc (NASDAQ:VIAB) which rose 3.87% to 26.32, Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN) which was up 3.57% to settle at 49.55 and ConAgra Foods Inc (NYSE:CAG) which gained 3.44% to close at 27.36.
The worst performers were Pacific Gas & Electric Co (NYSE:PCG) which was down 6.23% to 18.21 in late trade, Akamai Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:AKAM) which lost 2.96% to settle at 69.12 and Patterson Companies Inc (NASDAQ:PDCO) which was down 2.92% to 21.63 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Hunter Maritime Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:HUNT) which rose 96.90% to 18.41, NantKwest Inc (NASDAQ:NK) which was up 32.54% to settle at 1.67 and Curis Inc (NASDAQ:CRIS) which gained 32.17% to close at 1.890.
The worst performers were Proteostasis Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:PTI) which was down 67.81% to 1.31 in late trade, PHI Inc (NASDAQ:PHIIK) which lost 37.86% to settle at 0.64 and Recro Pharm (NASDAQ:REPH) which was down 33.85% to 6.41 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1530 to 1431 and 138 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1381 rose and 1249 declined, while 98 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hunter Maritime Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:HUNT) rose to all time highs; rising 96.90% or 9.06 to 18.41. Shares in Proteostasis Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:PTI) fell to all time lows; falling 67.81% or 2.76 to 1.31. Shares in PHI Inc (NASDAQ:PHIIK) fell to all time lows; falling 37.86% or 0.39 to 0.64.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.91% to 16.33.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.74% or 9.75 to $1328.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.07% or 0.04 to hit $59.00 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.15% or 0.10 to trade at $66.85 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.00% to 1.1312, while USD/JPY rose 0.10% to 110.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 96.035.