U.S. shares lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.24%

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U.S. shares lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.24%
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Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials , Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.24%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.33%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.37%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE: CAT ), which rose 0.57% or 0.54 points to trade at 95.66 at the close. Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM ) added 0.45% or 0.37 points to end at 82.83 and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE: UNH ) was up 0.30% or 0.50 points to 168.70 in late trade.

Biggest losers included The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE: TRV ), which lost 1.46% or 1.81 points to trade at 122.32 in late trade. JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM ) declined 0.95% or 0.88 points to end at 91.92 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC ) shed 0.92% or 0.33 points to 35.57.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Range Resources Corporation (NYSE: RRC ) which rose 4.13% to 28.47, Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (NYSE: COG ) which was up 3.53% to settle at 23.15 and Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE: SWN ) which gained 2.98% to close at 7.94.

The worst performers were Endo International PLC (NASDAQ: ENDP ) which was down 6.94% to 11.40 in late trade, CSRA Inc (NYSE: CSRA ) which lost 4.26% to settle at 28.66 and Frontier Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: FTR ) which was down 3.83% to 2.76 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were TG Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: TGTX ) which rose 90.65% to 10.20, Concert Pha (NASDAQ: CNCE ) which was up 62.07% to settle at 15.64 and Dextera Surgical Inc (NASDAQ: DXTR ) which gained 30.70% to close at 1.4900.

The worst performers were Gordmans Stores Inc (NASDAQ: GMAN ) which was down 71.38% to 0.174 in late trade, Kura Oncology Inc (NASDAQ: KURA ) which lost 27.00% to settle at 7.300 and Nanthealth LLC (NASDAQ: NH ) which was down 23.29% to 5.50 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2271 to 965 and 36 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1784 fell and 747 advanced, while 90 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 2.74% to 11.26.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.04% or 0.45 to $1226.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.26% or 0.14 to hit $53.19 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.14% or 0.08 to trade at $55.98 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.37% to 1.0582, while USD/JPY fell 0.12% to 113.91.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 101.67.

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