U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.97%

Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Goods , Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.97%, while the S&P 500 index declined 1.07%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 1.21%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA ), which rose 0.35% or 0.48 points to trade at 137.49 at the close. Meanwhile, Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH ) fell 0.38% or 1.96 points to end at 508.04 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS ) was down 0.46% or 2.63 points to 573.55 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE ), which fell 2.28% or 1.74 points to trade at 74.68 at the close. Boeing Co (NYSE:BA ) declined 2.26% or 4.08 points to end at 176.64 and Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG ) was down 1.45% or 2.45 points to 167.08.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Amentum Holdings LLC (NYSE:AMTM ) which rose 8.79% to 22.28, EQT Corporation (NYSE:EQT ) which was up 5.12% to settle at 46.59 and Coterra Energy Inc (NYSE:CTRA ) which gained 3.55% to close at 25.52.

The worst performers were Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:SMCI ) which was down 4.07% to 30.68 in late trade, ON Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:ON ) which lost 3.86% to settle at 63.46 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA ) which was down 3.74% to 9.26 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Energous Co (NASDAQ:WATT ) which rose 554.32% to 2.65, NXU Inc (NASDAQ:NXU ) which was up 516.27% to settle at 1.50 and MicroCloud Hologram Inc (NASDAQ:HOLO ) which gained 167.08% to close at 6.41.

The worst performers were Intchains Group Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:ICG ) which was down 60.34% to 3.70 in late trade, ABPRO Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:ABP ) which lost 52.56% to settle at 2.13 and Snow Lake Resources Ltd (NASDAQ:LITM ) which was down 41.56% to 0.94 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1907 to 898 and 69 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2081 fell and 1228 advanced, while 118 ended unchanged.

Shares in Energous Co (NASDAQ:WATT ) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 554.32% or 2.24 to 2.65. Shares in Intchains Group Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:ICG ) fell to all time lows; losing 60.34% or 5.63 to 3.70.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 9.09% to 17.40.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.41% or 10.66 to $2,621.24 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.81% or 0.57 to hit $71.17 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.43% or 0.32 to trade at $74.11 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.24% to 1.04, while USD/JPY fell 0.64% to 156.80.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 107.88.

Source: Investing.com