U.S. shares lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.36%

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U.S. shares lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.36%
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Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms , Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.36%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.32%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.03%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL ), which rose 2.25% or 3.67 points to trade at 166.72 at the close. The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE: TRV ) added 1.19% or 1.56 points to end at 132.62 and Boeing Co (NYSE: BA ) was up 1.09% or 2.79 points to 259.25 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Merck & Company Inc (NYSE: MRK ), which lost 6.06% or 3.53 points to trade at 54.71 in late trade. Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE: VZ ) declined 2.13% or 1.04 points to end at 47.83 and General Electric Company (NYSE: GE ) shed 1.83% or 0.38 points to 20.41.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Mattel Inc (NASDAQ: MAT ) which rose 11.29% to 15.58, LyondellBasell Industries NV (NYSE: LYB ) which was up 7.06% to settle at 106.00 and CenturyLink Inc (NYSE: CTL ) which gained 5.26% to close at 18.40.

The worst performers were Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ: AMD ) which was down 8.02% to 10.890 in late trade, Merck & Company Inc (NYSE: MRK ) which lost 6.06% to settle at 54.71 and Leggett & Platt Incorporated (NYSE: LEG ) which was down 4.55% to 47.20 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Supercom Lt (NASDAQ: SPCB ) which rose 36.26% to 3.720, Capella Education Company (NASDAQ: CPLA ) which was up 30.46% to settle at 85.45 and Micronet Enertec Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: MICT ) which gained 29.24% to close at 0.879.

The worst performers were Iconix Brand Group Inc (NASDAQ: ICON ) which was down 62.32% to 1.85 in late trade, Dragon Victory International Ltd (NASDAQ: LYL ) which lost 23.30% to settle at 6.98 and Office Depot Inc (NASDAQ: ODP ) which was down 18.28% to 3.04 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1881 to 1227 and 114 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1708 fell and 821 advanced, while 113 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 7.04% to 10.49.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.42% or 5.39 to $1277.19 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.41% or 0.22 to hit $54.12 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.67% or 0.40 to trade at $60.53 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.40% to 1.1655, while USD/JPY fell 0.48% to 113.14.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 94.36.

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