U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.39% 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 fell 0.39%, while the index lost 0.75%, and the index declined 1.03%.

The best performers of the session on the were The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:), which rose 1.42% or 2.59 points to trade at 184.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:) added 0.89% or 3.03 points to end at 344.85 and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:) was up 0.75% or 4.11 points to 555.35 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:), which fell 2.20% or 0.64 points to trade at 28.43 at the close. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:) declined 1.59% or 3.74 points to end at 232.13 and Dow Inc (NYSE:) was down 1.58% or 0.75 points to 46.73.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Wynn Resorts Limited (NASDAQ:) which rose 9.61% to 63.90, Coterra Energy Inc (NYSE:) which was up 3.49% to settle at 31.15 and DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc (NYSE:) which gained 3.47% to close at 72.99.

The worst performers were Global Payments Inc (NYSE:) which was down 8.83% to 114.25 in late trade, Newell Brands Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 8.24% to settle at 13.81 and Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 6.09% to 93.16 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Sonnet Biotherapeutics Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 66.38% to 1.93, Acorda Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 63.36% to settle at 1.07 and Shineco Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 37.96% to close at 1.09.

The worst performers were Y mAbs Therapeutics (NASDAQ:) which was down 59.80% to 3.61 in late trade, Tusimple Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 45.64% to settle at 3.43 and Bull Horn Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:) which was down 45.61% to 6.50 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1604 to 1472 and 118 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2004 fell and 1753 advanced, while 165 ended unchanged.

Shares in Newell Brands Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to 52-week lows; down 8.24% or 1.24 to 13.81. Shares in Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to 5-year lows; falling 6.09% or 6.04 to 93.16. Shares in UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:) rose to all time highs; up 0.75% or 4.11 to 555.35. Shares in Y mAbs Therapeutics (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; down 59.80% or 5.37 to 3.61. Shares in Tusimple Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; down 45.64% or 2.88 to 3.43. Shares in Bull Horn Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 45.61% or 5.45 to 6.50.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.50% to 25.88.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.53% or 8.65 to $1,636.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.95% or 1.71 to hit $86.19 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.30% or 1.22 to trade at $92.55 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.80% to 0.99, while USD/JPY rose 0.86% to 148.71.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.77% at 111.45.