Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Utilities sectors led shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.12%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.08%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD), which rose 3.76% or 9.48 points to trade at 261.48 at the close. Meanwhile, Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) added 2.46% or 2.21 points to end at 92.14 and Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) was up 2.01% or 2.52 points to 127.78 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which fell 1.70% or 5.95 points to trade at 344.53 at the close. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) declined 1.66% or 0.52 points to end at 30.83 and Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM) was down 1.57% or 4.12 points to 258.59.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were ON Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:ON) which rose 11.50% to 78.24, Revvity Inc (NYSE:RVTY) which was up 9.07% to settle at 125.59 and ResMed Inc (NYSE:RMD) which gained 5.84% to close at 208.54.
The worst performers were Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:ENPH) which was down 4.71% to 113.72 in late trade, ServiceNow Inc (NYSE:NOW) which lost 3.45% to settle at 799.06 and Southwest Airlines Company (NYSE:LUV) which was down 3.38% to 26.31 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Lipella Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:LIPO) which rose 116.67% to 0.90, 2U Inc (NASDAQ:TWOU) which was up 112.00% to settle at 2.65 and Tivic Health Systems Inc (NASDAQ:TIVC) which gained 55.31% to close at 0.70.
The worst performers were Cognition Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:CGTX) which was down 43.88% to 1.33 in late trade, GRI Bio Inc (NASDAQ:GRI) which lost 35.17% to settle at 0.82 and CERo Therapeutics Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:CERO) which was down 28.59% to 0.18 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1666 to 1157 and 91 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2298 fell and 1072 advanced, while 110 ended unchanged.
Shares in GRI Bio Inc (NASDAQ:GRI) fell to 3-years lows; losing 35.17% or 0.44 to 0.82. Shares in CERo Therapeutics Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:CERO) fell to 52-week lows; losing 28.59% or 0.07 to 0.18.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 1.28% to 16.60.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.01% or 0.25 to $2,427.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.66% or 1.28 to hit $75.88 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.49% or 1.20 to trade at $79.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.33% to 1.08, while USD/JPY rose 0.20% to 154.04.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 104.34.