Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Healthcare and Financials sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Consumer Services and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.08%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.49%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 1.21%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE), which rose 4.94% or 3.78 points to trade at 80.28 at the close. Meanwhile, Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) added 3.42% or 8.21 points to end at 248.24 and Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) was up 2.34% or 2.54 points to 111.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), which fell 3.09% or 4.15 points to trade at 130.28 at the close. Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) declined 1.79% or 3.87 points to end at 212.71 and Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) was down 1.17% or 1.11 points to 93.67.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) which rose 6.50% to 10.82, Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) which was up 4.94% to settle at 80.28 and West Pharmaceutical Services Inc (NYSE:WST) which gained 4.82% to close at 221.07.
The worst performers were Palantir Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:PLTR) which was down 10.53% to 90.68 in late trade, Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:SMCI) which lost 7.95% to settle at 51.61 and Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (NYSE:LW) which was down 6.29% to 52.29 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Santech Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:STEC) which rose 159.55% to 1.63, China SXT Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:SXTC) which was up 145.54% to settle at 0.84 and Connexa Sports Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:YYAI) which gained 98.41% to close at 1.27.
The worst performers were Target Hospitality Corp (NASDAQ:TH) which was down 46.05% to 5.05 in late trade, ScanTech AI Systems Inc (NASDAQ:STAI) which lost 34.65% to settle at 2.15 and iCoreConnect Inc (NASDAQ:ICCT) which was down 34.15% to 1.35 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1603 to 1164 and 80 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2254 fell and 1058 advanced, while 121 ended unchanged.
Shares in Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (NYSE:LW) fell to 52-week lows; falling 6.29% or 3.51 to 52.29. Shares in Target Hospitality Corp (NASDAQ:TH) fell to 52-week lows; falling 46.05% or 4.31 to 5.05. Shares in iCoreConnect Inc (NASDAQ:ICCT) fell to all time lows; losing 34.15% or 0.70 to 1.35.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 4.23% to 18.98 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.50% or 14.65 to $2,967.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.70% or 0.49 to hit $70.89 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.46% or 0.34 to trade at $74.39 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.07% to 1.05, while USD/JPY rose 0.32% to 149.77.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 106.63.