Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher while losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the lost 0.21%, while the index declined 0.02%, and the index climbed 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:), which rose 2.21% or 0.66 points to trade at 30.51 at the close. Meanwhile, Nike Inc (NYSE:) added 1.96% or 1.78 points to end at 92.72 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:) was up 1.76% or 3.23 points to 186.28 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Home Depot Inc (NYSE:), which fell 1.57% or 5.44 points to trade at 340.99 at the close. American Express Company (NYSE:) declined 1.54% or 3.74 points to end at 238.56 and McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:) was down 1.32% or 3.64 points to 271.36.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:) which rose 8.56% to 57.60, Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 7.13% to settle at 125.67 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 5.41% to close at 18.12.
The worst performers were Mettler-Toledo International Inc (NYSE:) which was down 3.28% to 1,460.79 in late trade, Insulet Corporation (NASDAQ:) which lost 2.94% to settle at 161.02 and HCA Holdings Inc (NYSE:) which was down 2.90% to 317.17 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were CareCloud Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 84.13% to 2.32, VinFast Auto (NASDAQ:) which was up 51.50% to settle at 4.56 and Novavax Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 47.64% to close at 13.11.
The worst performers were Transcode Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 56.30% to 0.62 in late trade, Akoustis Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 26.30% to settle at 0.42 and Anebulo Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 20.98% to 2.41 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1430 to 1413 and 73 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1727 rose and 1635 declined, while 128 ended unchanged.
Shares in Akoustis Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 26.30% or 0.15 to 0.42. Shares in Novavax Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 47.64% or 4.23 to 13.11.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 8.37% to 13.60.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.37% or 32.60 to $2,342.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.16% or 0.91 to hit $79.17 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.79% or 0.65 to trade at $83.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 1.08, while USD/JPY rose 0.32% to 156.21.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 105.10.
