U.S. shares mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.73%

  • Investing.com
  • Stock Market News
U.S. shares mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.73%

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

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.73%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.36%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.11%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE: BA ), which rose 2.79% or 10.39 points to trade at 382.29 at the close. Chevron Corp (NYSE: CVX ) added 1.73% or 2.11 points to end at 124.39 and American Express Company (NYSE: AXP ) was up 1.32% or 1.41 points to 107.90 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC ), which lost 1.78% or 0.84 points to trade at 46.45 in late trade. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ: WBA ) declined 0.60% or 0.44 points to end at 72.46 and Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS ) shed 0.60% or 0.70 points to 116.24.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were General Electric Company (NYSE: GE ) which rose 7.09% to 12.09, Praxair Inc (NYSE: PX ) which was up 5.06% to settle at 168.87 and Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES ) which gained 4.21% to close at 74.59.

The worst performers were Wyndham Destinations Inc (NYSE: WYND ) which was down 4.34% to 41.48 in late trade, F5 Networks Inc (NASDAQ: FFIV ) which lost 4.28% to settle at 190.88 and American Airlines Group (NASDAQ: AAL ) which was down 4.16% to 39.61 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were GreenPro Capital Corp (NASDAQ: GRNQ ) which rose 157.81% to 9.900000, ARCA Biopharma Inc (NASDAQ: ABIO ) which was up 82.14% to settle at 1.020 and New Age Beverages Corp (NASDAQ: NBEV ) which gained 67.29% to close at 8.95.

The worst performers were Akorn Inc (NASDAQ: AKRX ) which was down 58.71% to 5.36 in late trade, AVROBIO Inc (NASDAQ: AVRO ) which lost 51.55% to settle at 25.13 and Rxi Pharmaceuticals Corp (NASDAQ: RXII ) which was down 49.57% to 0.5900 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1788 to 1298 and 92 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1758 fell and 883 advanced, while 80 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 12.12.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.31% or 3.70 to $1192.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.22% or 2.36 to hit $75.61 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.89% or 2.39 to trade at $85.12 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.22% to 1.1578, while USD/JPY rose 0.23% to 113.96.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 94.93.

Add Chart to Comment

Comment Guidelines

We encourage you to use comments to engage with users, share your perspective and ask questions of authors and each other. However, in order to maintain the high level of discourse we’ve all come to value and expect, please keep the following criteria in mind: 

  • Enrich the conversation
  • Stay focused and on track. Only post material that’s relevant to the topic being discussed.
  • Be respectful. Even negative opinions can be framed positively and diplomatically.
  •  Use standard writing style. Include punctuation and upper and lower cases.
  • NOTE: Spam and/or promotional messages and links within a comment will be removed
  • Avoid profanity, slander or personal attacks directed at an author or another user.
  • Don’t Monopolize the Conversation. We appreciate passion and conviction, but we also believe strongly in giving everyone a chance to air their thoughts. Therefore, in addition to civil interaction, we expect commenters to offer their opinions succinctly and thoughtfully, but not so repeatedly that others are annoyed or offended. If we receive complaints about individuals who take over a thread or forum, we reserve the right to ban them from the site, without recourse.
  • Only English comments will be allowed.

Perpetrators of spam or abuse will be deleted from the site and prohibited from future registration at Investing.com’s discretion.

Drop an image here or Supported formats: *.jpg, *.png, *.gif up to 5mb

Error: File type not supported

Drop an image here or

100
Please try another search