Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Technology and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.27%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.66%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 1.36%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), which rose 5.60% or 2.53 points to trade at 47.74 at the close. Meanwhile, Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) added 2.19% or 1.82 points to end at 84.85 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) was up 1.35% or 1.83 points to 137.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which fell 2.45% or 3.24 points to trade at 128.81 at the close. Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) declined 1.74% or 0.89 points to end at 50.19 and Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM) was down 1.49% or 3.30 points to 218.74.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) which rose 11.26% to 185.15, Biogen Inc (NASDAQ:BIIB) which was up 6.84% to settle at 269.81 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) which gained 5.60% to close at 47.74.
The worst performers were Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) which was down 8.09% to 808.85 in late trade, Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) which lost 6.92% to settle at 47.92 and Universal Health Services Inc (NYSE:UHS) which was down 4.29% to 135.09 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Sify Technologies Limited (NASDAQ:SIFY) which rose 111.95% to 3.370, GeoVax Labs Inc (NASDAQ:GOVX) which was up 63.33% to settle at 5.3900 and Avinger Inc (NASDAQ:AVGR) which gained 57.44% to close at 1.410.
The worst performers were Bit Digital Inc (NASDAQ:BTBT) which was down 27.13% to 18.2400 in late trade, Applied DNA Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:APDN) which lost 24.66% to settle at 8.77 and Future Fintech Group Inc (NASDAQ:FTFT) which was down 24.41% to 5.7600 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1874 to 1213 and 75 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1722 fell and 1340 advanced, while 46 ended unchanged.
Shares in Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) rose to all time highs; up 11.26% or 18.74 to 185.15. Shares in Sify Technologies Limited (NASDAQ:SIFY) rose to 5-year highs; rising 111.95% or 1.780 to 3.370. Shares in Avinger Inc (NASDAQ:AVGR) rose to 52-week highs; up 57.44% or 0.514 to 1.410.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 13.64% to 24.50.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.57% or 10.50 to $1845.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.42% or 0.22 to hit $52.02 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.02% or 0.57 to trade at $55.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.47% to 1.2160, while USD/JPY rose 0.23% to 104.17.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 90.470.