U.S. shares mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.14%

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U.S. shares mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.14%

Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas , Financials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Healthcare , Utilities and Industrials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.14% to hit a new 1-month high, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.01%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.19%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ: WBA ), which rose 5.76% or 3.03 points to trade at 55.59 at the close. Caterpillar Inc (NYSE: CAT ) added 3.71% or 4.55 points to end at 127.25 and Dow Inc (NYSE: DOW ) was up 2.80% or 1.21 points to 44.45 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Merck & Company Inc (NYSE: MRK ), which lost 3.58% or 3.10 points to trade at 83.47 in late trade. Visa Inc Class A (NYSE: V ) declined 2.26% or 4.19 points to end at 181.55 and The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE: TRV ) shed 1.84% or 2.79 points to 149.23.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Helmerich and Payne Inc (NYSE: HP ) which rose 8.56% to 41.72, National Oilwell Varco Inc (NYSE: NOV ) which was up 8.07% to settle at 23.96 and L Brands Inc (NYSE: LB ) which gained 6.94% to close at 17.87.

The worst performers were MarketAxess Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: MKTX ) which was down 11.85% to 369.69 in late trade, IDEXX Laboratories Inc (NASDAQ: IDXX ) which lost 7.37% to settle at 267.20 and Roper Technologies Inc (NYSE: ROP ) which was down 4.80% to 356.96 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: ACAD ) which rose 63.24% to 38.850, FuelCell Energy Inc (NASDAQ: FCEL ) which was up 60.16% to settle at 0.640 and Changyoucom Limited (NASDAQ: CYOU ) which gained 49.32% to close at 8.84.

The worst performers were Neurotrope Inc (NASDAQ: NTRP ) which was down 77.27% to 1.0000 in late trade, Freds Inc (NASDAQ: FRED ) which lost 49.47% to settle at 0.12 and Synthesis Energy Systems Inc (NASDAQ: SES ) which was down 26.75% to 2.3805 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1853 to 1117 and 64 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1652 rose and 1024 declined, while 75 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 1.80% to 15.27.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.56% or 8.45 to $1507.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.71% or 1.53 to hit $58.05 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $62.67 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1047, while USD/JPY rose 0.02% to 107.25.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 98.287.

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