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Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the lost 2.37% to hit a new 6-month low, while the index fell 2.95%, and the index declined 3.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Chevron Corp (NYSE:), which rose 2.14% or 3.39 points to trade at 162.04 at the close. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:) added 1.61% or 2.73 points to end at 172.21 and Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:) was up 0.62% or 1.45 points to 234.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included American Express Company (NYSE:), which lost 7.99% or 13.82 points to trade at 159.13 in late trade. Boeing Co (NYSE:) declined 6.45% or 11.67 points to end at 169.17 and Nike Inc (NYSE:) shed 5.14% or 6.74 points to 124.44.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Schlumberger NV (NYSE:) which rose 8.12% to 42.10, Halliburton Company (NYSE:) which was up 6.18% to settle at 36.24 and Nextera Energy Inc (NYSE:) which gained 4.95% to close at 84.18.
The worst performers were PVH Corp (NYSE:) which was down 15.37% to 66.99 in late trade, United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 15.01% to settle at 31.20 and Fortinet Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 13.14% to 291.37 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Imperial Petroleum Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 121.89% to 7.50, Oceanpal Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 101.60% to settle at 1.26 and Marine Petroleum Trust (NASDAQ:) which gained 69.85% to close at 12.11.
The worst performers were Atreca Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 38.27% to 3.21 in late trade, Inspirato Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 37.26% to settle at 26.65 and IO Biotech Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 31.77% to 4.21 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2538 to 737 and 110 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2782 fell and 1060 advanced, while 253 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 13.98% to 36.45 a new 52-week high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.78% or 35.10 to $2,001.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 4.07% or 4.71 to hit $120.39 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.32 to trade at $124.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.09, while USD/JPY fell 0.00% to 115.29.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 99.26.
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