U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.65%

Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.65%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.32%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.32%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM), which rose 1.37% or 4.05 points to trade at 298.77 at the close. Meanwhile, Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) added 0.75% or 2.94 points to end at 395.53 and Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) was up 0.53% or 0.81 points to 153.88 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which fell 2.98% or 0.69 points to trade at 22.51 at the close. Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) declined 2.34% or 1.15 points to end at 47.83 and Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH) was down 1.84% or 10.46 points to 557.11.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) which rose 5.67% to 28.42, First Solar Inc (NASDAQ:FSLR) which was up 4.70% to settle at 214.58 and Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:ENPH) which gained 4.07% to close at 86.94.

The worst performers were Constellation Energy Corp (NASDAQ:CEG) which was down 12.33% to 226.28 in late trade, Public Service Enterprise Group Inc (NYSE:PEG) which lost 7.08% to settle at 81.13 and Zoetis Inc (NYSE:ZTS) which was down 3.78% to 175.07 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Simpple Ltd (NASDAQ:SPPL) which rose 244.00% to 1.10, Nuwellis Inc (NASDAQ:NUWE) which was up 99.63% to settle at 2.71 and Staffing 360 Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:STAF) which gained 74.42% to close at 3.00.

The worst performers were E. W. Scripps Co Class A (NASDAQ:SSP) which was down 35.94% to 2.26 in late trade, GlucoTrack Inc (NASDAQ:GCTK) which lost 35.03% to settle at 1.15 and Triller Group Inc (NASDAQ:ILLR) which was down 31.40% to 2.94 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1577 to 1217 and 48 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1675 fell and 1599 advanced, while 79 ended unchanged.

Shares in Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.34% or 1.15 to 47.83.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 1.78% to 22.27.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.08% or 2.30 to $2,746.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 3.12% or 2.17 to hit $71.66 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.97% or 2.17 to trade at $75.27 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.39% to 1.09, while USD/JPY fell 0.55% to 152.14.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 103.81.