U.S. shares mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.70%

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U.S. shares mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.70%
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Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas , Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Technology , Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.70%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.27%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.48%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Dow Inc (NYSE: DOW ), which rose 3.31% or 2.07 points to trade at 64.57 at the close. Amgen Inc (NASDAQ: AMGN ) added 2.40% or 5.75 points to end at 245.39 and Chevron Corp (NYSE: CVX ) was up 2.37% or 2.44 points to 105.51 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE: CRM ), which lost 2.84% or 6.53 points to trade at 223.79 in late trade. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC ) declined 0.49% or 0.28 points to end at 57.25 and Visa Inc Class A (NYSE: V ) shed 0.36% or 0.85 points to 232.71.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Baker Hughes A Ge Company LLC (NYSE: BKR ) which rose 8.07% to 21.70, Macy’s Inc (NYSE: M ) which was up 8.02% to settle at 17.91 and Mohawk Industries Inc (NYSE: MHK ) which gained 7.80% to close at 221.53.

The worst performers were Estee Lauder Companies Inc (NYSE: EL ) which was down 7.94% to 288.89 in late trade, Discovery Inc Class A (NASDAQ: DISCA ) which lost 4.12% to settle at 36.11 and ABIOMED Inc (NASDAQ: ABMD ) which was down 3.80% to 308.53 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Precipio Inc (NASDAQ: PRPO ) which rose 169.78% to 4.910, Image Sensing Systems Inc (NASDAQ: ISNS ) which was up 72.09% to settle at 11.22 and Ocugen, Inc (NASDAQ: OCGN ) which gained 23.68% to close at 15.6700.

The worst performers were Vaxart Inc (NASDAQ: VXRT ) which was down 25.70% to 8.0100 in late trade, Regulus Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: RGLS ) which lost 20.14% to settle at 1.110 and Evelo Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ: EVLO ) which was down 19.92% to 10.53 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2222 to 994 and 83 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1752 rose and 1590 declined, while 103 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 1.61% to 18.31.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.40% or 24.75 to $1792.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.34% or 0.85 to hit $64.43 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.11% or 0.74 to trade at $67.50 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.37% to 1.2062, while USD/JPY fell 0.15% to 109.11.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 90.963.

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