U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.20% By Investing.com

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

At the close in NYSE, the declined 0.20%, while the index declined 0.30%, and the index lost 0.72%.

The best performers of the session on the were UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:), which rose 2.02% or 10.02 points to trade at 505.66 at the close. Meanwhile, Chevron Corp (NYSE:) added 1.93% or 2.80 points to end at 147.57 and Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:) was up 1.37% or 1.28 points to 94.41 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:), which fell 2.48% or 4.61 points to trade at 181.31 at the close. Nike Inc (NYSE:) declined 2.13% or 2.41 points to end at 110.50 and Boeing Co (NYSE:) was down 1.99% or 2.81 points to 138.72.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:) which rose 8.00% to 112.24, Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE:) which was up 7.48% to settle at 57.79 and Hess Corporation (NYSE:) which gained 5.18% to close at 106.96.

The worst performers were Etsy Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 3.55% to 80.65 in late trade, Electronic Arts Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 3.53% to settle at 125.60 and Autodesk Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 3.43% to 185.87 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Evofem Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 187.71% to 1.07, Acutus Medical Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 87.59% to settle at 1.01 and Epizyme Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 55.14% to close at 1.48.

The worst performers were Powerbridge Technologies Co Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was down 34.95% to 0.67 in late trade, Borqs Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 24.38% to settle at 2.15 and Enochian Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 21.92% to 2.60 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1738 to 1413 and 116 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1948 rose and 1867 declined, while 175 ended unchanged.

Shares in Borqs Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to 52-week lows; down 24.38% or 0.69 to 2.15. Shares in Enochian Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to 52-week lows; losing 21.92% or 0.73 to 2.60.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 1.03% to 26.95.

Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.38% or 6.95 to $1,823.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.92% or 2.07 to hit $109.69 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.80% or 1.96 to trade at $111.06 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.27% to 1.06, while USD/JPY rose 0.22% to 135.46.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 103.69.