Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.92% to hit a new 1-month low, while the S&P 500 index lost 2.57%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 3.04%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), which rose 0.41% or 0.37 points to trade at 91.37 at the close. Meanwhile, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) fell 0.17% or 0.05 points to end at 28.76 and Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT) was down 0.19% or 0.12 points to 63.66 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Visa Inc (NYSE:V), which fell 4.94% or 3.49 points to trade at 67.20 at the close. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) declined 3.79% or 6.81 points to end at 173.02 and Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) was down 3.36% or 1.07 points to 30.82.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) which rose 5.73% to 9.59, Reynolds American Inc (NYSE:RAI) which was up 1.00% to settle at 43.42 and PEPCO Holdings Inc (NYSE:POM) which gained 0.93% to close at 23.92.
The worst performers were Mallinckrodt (NYSE:MNK) which was down 12.64% to 59.80 in late trade, Williams Companies Inc (NYSE:WMB) which lost 12.12% to settle at 36.56 and Endo International PLC (NASDAQ:ENDP) which was down 10.20% to 61.82 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Republic Airways Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:RJET) which rose 81.79% to 5.29, Turtle Beach Corp (NASDAQ:HEAR) which was up 28.50% to settle at 2.750 and SGOCO Group Ltd (NASDAQ:SGOC) which unchanged 0.00% to close at 0.370.
The worst performers were Verastem Inc (NASDAQ:VSTM) which was down 67.37% to 1.850 in late trade, Caredx Inc (NASDAQ:CDNA) which lost 40.86% to settle at 4.11 and Ignyta Inc (NASDAQ:RXDX) which was down 35.07% to 8.72 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2313 to 225 and 8 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2184 fell and 394 advanced, while 49 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mallinckrodt (NYSE:MNK) fell to 52-week lows; losing 12.64% or 8.65 to 59.80. Shares in Williams Companies Inc (NYSE:WMB) fell to 52-week lows; down 12.12% or 5.04 to 36.56. Shares in Verastem Inc (NASDAQ:VSTM) fell to all time lows; falling 67.37% or 3.820 to 1.850. Shares in Caredx Inc (NASDAQ:CDNA) fell to all time lows; down 40.86% or 2.84 to 4.11.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 15.92% to 27.38.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.23% or 14.10 to $1131.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.71% or 1.24 to hit $44.46 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 2.57% or 1.25 to trade at $47.35 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.1241, while USD/JPY fell 0.46% to 119.94.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.24% at 96.13.