Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Services and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.91%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.86%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.91%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), which rose 0.19% or 0.17 points to trade at 87.93 at the close. Meanwhile, Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) added 0.15% or 0.17 points to end at 112.88 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) was down 0.06% or 0.05 points to 82.39 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS), which fell 2.17% or 3.59 points to trade at 161.54 at the close. JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) declined 2.14% or 1.44 points to end at 65.81 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) was down 1.81% or 2.31 points to 125.48.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Transocean Ltd (NYSE:RIG) which rose 4.62% to 9.52, Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc (NYSE:DO) which was up 2.82% to settle at 16.07 and Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE:MUR) which gained 2.19% to close at 26.65.
The worst performers were Mallinckrodt (NYSE:MNK) which was down 6.83% to 71.10 in late trade, Endo International PLC (NASDAQ:ENDP) which lost 5.99% to settle at 21.99 and Michael Kors Holdings Limited (NYSE:KORS) which was down 4.99% to 47.99 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Array BioPharma Inc (NASDAQ:ARRY) which rose 81.10% to 6.610, Real Goods Solar Inc (NASDAQ:RGSE) which was up 32.50% to settle at 2.6500 and Lombard Medical Inc (NASDAQ:EVAR) which gained 29.40% to close at 1.1000.
The worst performers were Pain Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PTIE) which was down 51.28% to 1.330 in late trade, Durect Corporation (NASDAQ:DRRX) which lost 31.76% to settle at 1.160 and Retailmenot (NASDAQ:SALE) which was down 20.85% to 8.92 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2244 to 919 and 84 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1865 fell and 672 advanced, while 89 ended unchanged.
Shares in Array BioPharma Inc (NASDAQ:ARRY) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 81.10% or 2.960 to 6.610. Shares in Pain Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PTIE) fell to all time lows; down 51.28% or 1.400 to 1.330.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 17.66% to 14.46.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.05% or 0.70 to $1341.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.45% or 1.09 to hit $45.57 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.24% or 1.04 to trade at $47.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.23% to 1.1253, while USD/JPY fell 0.65% to 100.31.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 95.20.