Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.54%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.80%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.84%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were EI du Pont de Nemours and Company (NYSE:DD), which rose 1.24% or 0.91 points to trade at 74.41 at the close. Meanwhile, Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) added 0.94% or 0.26 points to end at 28.05 and Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT) was up 0.75% or 0.67 points to 90.02 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), which fell 2.15% or 2.33 points to trade at 105.88 at the close. Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) declined 1.92% or 1.77 points to end at 90.33 and International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) was down 1.68% or 2.67 points to 156.44.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were GameStop Corp (NYSE:GME) which rose 4.65% to 33.77, Frontier Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:FTR) which was up 3.93% to settle at 6.75 and Whole Foods Market Inc (NASDAQ:WFM) which gained 3.72% to close at 51.81.
The worst performers were Tiffany & Co (NYSE:TIF) which was down 13.96% to 89.01 in late trade, SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) which lost 13.87% to settle at 83.58 and Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE:THC) which was down 9.00% to 47.00 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Foundation (NASDAQ:FMI) which rose 95.32% to 46.74, CollabRx Inc (NASDAQ:CLRX) which was up 75.28% to settle at 1.060 and MagneGas Corporation (NASDAQ:MNGA) which gained 61.85% to close at 0.705.
The worst performers were Local Corporation (NASDAQ:LOCM) which was down 27.59% to 0.767 in late trade, Arrowhead Research Corporation (NASDAQ:ARWR) which lost 23.84% to settle at 6.90 and Rex Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:REXX) which was down 20.52% to 2.92 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1880 to 923 and 1 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1733 fell and 1055 advanced, while 2 ended unchanged.
Shares in Foundation (NASDAQ:FMI) rose to all time highs; up 95.32% or 22.81 to 46.74.
Shares in Local Corporation (NASDAQ:LOCM) fell to all time lows; down 27.59% or 0.292 to 0.767.
Shares in Rex Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:REXX) fell to 3 years lows; falling 20.52% or 0.76 to 2.92.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 10.71% to 19.43.
Gold for February delivery was up 1.42% or 17.30 to $1233.40 a troy ounce.
Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for delivery in February fell 5.39% or 2.60 to hit $45.76 a barrel, while the March brent oil contract fell 5.44% or 2.79 to trade at $48.51 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.07% to 1.1834, while USD/JPY fell 0.13% to 118.32.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 92.24.