Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Health Care, Utilities and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.53%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.42%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which rose 1.75% or 1.46 points to trade at 84.67 at the close. Meanwhile, Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) added 0.75% or 0.82 points to end at 110.43 and General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) was up 0.49% or 0.12 points to 24.64 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT), which fell 1.63% or 1.42 points to trade at 85.91 at the close. McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD) declined 1.35% or 1.27 points to end at 92.72 and The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV) was down 1.33% or 1.43 points to 105.77.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Transocean Ltd (NYSE:RIG) which rose 10.43% to 20.44, Hasbro Inc (NASDAQ:HAS) which was up 7.03% to settle at 59.66 and Noble Corporation PLC (NYSE:NE) which gained 5.99% to close at 19.28.
The worst performers were Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) which was down 5.55% to 15.65 in late trade, PVH Corp (NYSE:PVH) which lost 4.97% to settle at 103.19 and Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE:EW) which was down 3.42% to 128.08 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Ivanhoe Energy Inc (NASDAQ:IVAN) which rose 66.68% to 0.683, PostRock Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:PSTR) which was up 44.44% to settle at 5.850 and Quantum Fuel Systems Inc (NASDAQ:QTWW) which gained 36.20% to close at 3.800.
The worst performers were Speed Commerce Inc (NASDAQ:SPDC) which was down 46.06% to 1.30 in late trade, Corinthian Colleges Inc (NASDAQ:COCO) which lost 26.09% to settle at 0.037 and Changyoucom Limited (NASDAQ:CYOU) which was down 17.29% to 24.16 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1814 to 986; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1751 fell and 1042 advanced, while 5 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 7.35% to 18.56.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.39% or 4.80 to $1239.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in March rose 1.90% or 0.98 to hit $52.67 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract rose 0.68% or 0.40 to trade at $59.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1324, while USD/JPY fell 0.42% to 118.61.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 94.69.